Ortofon MC A90 cartridge

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.

Enzo618: Glad to know that. I am running my AR90 VTF between 1.8 and 1.9 on my Reed arm

have some estimated 10 hours on my A90, set at 100 Ohms with 2,15 VTF.
it is an amazing cart really, Airline & A90 is a dream combo.
i'm buying a second example. just in case.

Last weekend several friends from Houston were up and said that they had their Ortofon A-90s set a 2.01 grams. I tried it and actually set it at 2.02 grams. I did have to raise the VTA up to compensate, of course. Overall, I am most happy with the improvements ignoring Ortofon's recommendations. All of us have straight line tracking arms. They have Rockports, and I have the Bergman.