Pani, What happened? You were a major avid fan of the ART9.
As to your present question, from what I hear about the Jelco, it would be an OK match with the A90. The thing to do is to decide what you want in a cartridge, the A90 or the Windfield. The A90 was a darling of reviewers but now seems to have lost its luster for some reason. Also, there is some issue with re-tipping an A90 to its original specification. So if you are buying used, that is a consideration to be investigated. It is not at all obvious to me that either Ortofon would be a significant upgrade to the ART9. Different sounding, yes. Probably drier and more on the clinical side. I have an MC7500, the grandfather to the Windfield and eventually the A90. The MC7500 has that Ortofon family sound, very accurate, not much embellishment.
As to your present question, from what I hear about the Jelco, it would be an OK match with the A90. The thing to do is to decide what you want in a cartridge, the A90 or the Windfield. The A90 was a darling of reviewers but now seems to have lost its luster for some reason. Also, there is some issue with re-tipping an A90 to its original specification. So if you are buying used, that is a consideration to be investigated. It is not at all obvious to me that either Ortofon would be a significant upgrade to the ART9. Different sounding, yes. Probably drier and more on the clinical side. I have an MC7500, the grandfather to the Windfield and eventually the A90. The MC7500 has that Ortofon family sound, very accurate, not much embellishment.

