Ortofon MC A90 cartridge

Gallant, I should have said the London Decca Reference, although I am not aware of any other Decca Reference.

Audioblazer....Did you try the A90 with the brass or aluminum headshell weight on your schroder 2 ?
I am looking at the A90 for my mdl 2 (with pertinex wand), & I think
the azimuth is a pain to set on tis arm
for any cartridge since it can throw off the VTF when you
rotate the counterweight.

My schroeder 2fw ( with reference magnet) comes with aluminium headshell. Yes , you are right, its certainly a pain using schroeder 2 tonearm, that is why I m selling it off once I receive my raven 10.5 tonearm. Its difficult to set the VTA accurate, changing 1 parameter affects another. However, its sounded reasonably good with A90. Certainly better than my allaerts mc1b, which is of 1st class construction

Audioblazer, I'm using the new Bergman Sindre tt with a straight line tracking arm. Like the Walker tt, the asimuth and overhang are set by loosening the screws holding either the cartridge or the arm tube. So a change in one affects the other. How fondly I remember my Wheaton tone arm with asimuth easily dialed on and vta so easily done with a calibrating indication.

I have no idea how the Ortofon A-90 sounds on other tonearms but mine certainly sounds better than any cartridge, arm, and turntable, I have ever heard. I have a Decca Jubilee cartridge that sounded great on the Loricraft tt and Schroeder arm. I would like to try it on the Bergman but it was a pain to get the A-90 done right.

I finally installed my Ortofon A90 yesterday and right off the bat it sounds fantastic. Note I'm upgrading from a $500 Dynavector Karat 17D3 so it SHOULD be a quantum leap, which it is.

Every single parameter is bettter: Soundstage width & depth, more natural timbres, better bass, and just sheer musicality.

I'm very happy with this cartridge. It's definitely one of biggest improvements I've heard in my system. What a huge upside surprise. Kudos to Ortofon.