I'll try to help....
First, crappy sound = ??
distorsion, low output but clean, only one side, ...
If you have a multimeter, check the connection from RCA to tone-arm pins
I presume it's the soldering, did you tin the tonearm wires before soldering ?
Always use fresh solder on the pcb, remove the old one.
Don't use to much solder, the
Just try again and stay calm, test before you assembling the rubber base.
To connect new RCA cables, you need to cut the male plugs on ONE side.
Then you need to remove the rubber shielding to expose the coper grounding wire/mesh.
This you connect to the side of the PCB connection
The core of the RCA is the signal, that wire you connect to the center of the PCB connection.
(see picture below)
Good luck !
Ps. sorry for my bad English
PSS. the correct connecion is this one:
1Undertonearmexposed.jpg
Picture curtsy of Koptapad (clickable)
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