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
I have just received my Denon DL 103 SA which was rebulit by Sounsmith with its ruby cantilever and top of the line style. After one month of break-in I can report that I am absolutely shocked with the sound improvement in all areas. I can say that it is now one of the best cartridges I have already listened. Track VERY well, terrific soundstage, details, etc...but most of all with a tremendous musicality. I will probably send my Ortofon A90 to Soundsmith. These guys know how to do their work. I won´t be surprised if the A90 will sound even better than ever.
Hba, I am still waiting. No word yet. Soundsmith did send me an email after he inspected it. He said that one channel was dead. So I'm not even sure he will be able to fix it. I have read that if he has a difficult cart to repair it may take longer. I'm crossing my fingers. ;)

Sean
Sean

I sent my A90 to the Soundsmith one month.
Let's see when it will be ready.
I recently asked Soundsmith about my cart. He was unable to repair it due to one of the channels being dead. He said he tried several times to repair it but had no luck so he sent it back. To bad I was really curious what it would sound like with a ruby cantilever.

I guess I'll have to save up my pennies to have Ortofon do it or trade it in for something else.

Sean