Hi,
That is an interesting looking Orotofon. It looks like a cross between the MC30 Super MkII & a MC30 Supreme, with a better tip.
http://www.audio-constructor.com/ima...c30_super2.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...fnLCAnFiau7Hrg
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Hi,
That is an interesting looking Orotofon. It looks like a cross between the MC30 Super MkII & a MC30 Supreme, with a better tip.
http://www.audio-constructor.com/ima...c30_super2.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...fnLCAnFiau7Hrg
I like the sound of the KB in the context of my system but I am sure there are other Ortofon cartridges that maybe better but they will all most certainly cost way more than the KB I purchased.
From the plenty I've read on the A95 it is a seriously stonking cart. All the quality, detail and refinement of the top Ortofons but dynamic and insightful with it to boot ...
Stereophile.com May 2015
Reviewed by Michael Fremer
"...I directly compared the A90 with the A95, and while the A90 remains among the fastest, most neutral cartridges I’ve ever heard, the A95 produced wider dynamics—particularly in the bottom octaves—and a generally richer, more fully fleshed out sound. If the A90 literally brought the Windfeld out of its protective shell, the A95 is the A90 on testosterone...
The Ortofon MC A95 improves on the MC A90’s well-deserved reputation for being one of the world’s best-sounding phono cartridges."
Hi-Fi World September 2015
Reviewed by Noel Keywood
Noel Keywood hails Ortofon's new A95 state-of-the-art Moving Coil cartridge as one of the best he has ever heard:
"...Dry, fast, extremely detailed and almost concussive, the A95 is a highly tuned mechanical statement. It is not lush, warm or cuddly, but rather a machine of insight and deep analysis...
...Massively capable, the A95 is a cartridge that makes the LP sound better all-round than I have ever heard it. Almost frightening!"
Yeah, I'd have one without hesitation. Only gripe is nearly £4k is an awful lot of money that is not available :(
Come to think of it, I'm sure I've seen the A95 on a member's signature.
If my memory serves me correctly, I remember being a bit :eek: as in 'Blimey !! serious high end cart there !' envy envy when I saw it :)
Bit left field perhaps and I haven't written it up yet, but I recently bought a Miyajima Takumi .. I'm a huge fan of Ortofon cartridges and I've had a bag load of different ones, from all sorts of SPUs (Royal N, Gold, Spirit, Silver Meister, SPU G and GE MkII #1, a few vintage sphericals and elipticals as well as several mono ones) as well as Jubilee, Rohman, MC30 and a few others I'm sure ... unashamedly SPU inspired, in this company, the Takumi well up there, comparable with my Royal N, and not a kick in the arse off my much more expensive Miyajima Madake. I would recommend a listen at that before forking out huge sums. I think it's a giant killer. Sorry for the stock pic but I need to write this up.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...p/Takumi_3.jpg
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The only Ortofon "Eric Rohmann" cartridge I know of is this:
https://www.hifix.co.uk/media/catalo...1548-1.jpg.jpg
Not especially 'blingy', but would prefer it if the "Eric Rohmann" logo was replaced with a single vertical line for ease of cuing. I would probably be tempted to buy it if one came my way. Superb specification, with an unusually healthy output for an Ortofon MC; though one shouldn't read too much into the specification as it doesn't tell you how a cartridge sounds.