Ortofon A90 broken stylus


So the long and short. I purchased one of the 1st A90 carts to come up for sale on Agon. This was about 10 months ago, was in great condition, all factory packing, box etc. Then in Feb. I put on a disk and let down the the arm - the cart just slid across the record - OS batman - as looked at the A 90 - no stylus, it had broken off at the body. Nothing was left. Called for help and got a hold of Louis - Ortofon in Ossining NY. He said to send it in and he would send this to Denmark for review and probably would have to pay 50% to rebuild. So I have been waiting for the past months and a box comes from Ortofon. I opened and here was my A 90 - all rebuilt and a packing slip - Warranty, fully rebuilt. Thank you Ortofon!!!!
brucedan
HBA...if you let Soundsmith rebuild it, it isn't an A90 anymore. When you sell it you really should let it be known.
Thank you for your reply....For sure I know that and I will probably rebuild directly with Ortofon, however, I would like to have some information about how it sounds...as soundsmith is very well known by their terrific job
Thank you for your reply....For sure I know that and I will probably rebuild directly with Ortofon, however, I would like to have some information about how it sounds...as soundsmith is very well known by their terrific job
I also broke the cantilever on my A90. It's been sitting around doing nothing for six months. Last week I sent it in to Soundsmith. I can not afford at this time to have Ortofon rebuild it. It just seemed silly to let it sit there doing nothing. I don't expect it to sound the same but hope it will still preform well.

When I get it back I'll report my findings. My sonic memory is unlikely to last 9 months but at least I can say whether I like it or not.

Sean
Sean,

Good to know...please, keep us informed...I read in the internet that an Ortofon Jubilee's owner has made the retip with Soundsmith and reported that it sounds even better than before...for sure there is the original project issue( specially the A90 ) but I would be surprised in case of your A90 sounds less than wonderful after the Soundsmith's rebuild.