Anyone can tell me the cartridge shown here?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170025324891

I was wondering if anyone could tell me which cartridge is this one? Does it go well with the Planar 2? Is it MM or MC?

I will play it with a Creek 4040 and Triangle Celius. I think the 4040 phono is MM. What happens if the cartridge is MC?

This is what the 4040 specs say:

Sensitivity 2.5mV
Loading 47k 220 pf MM

Pardon my ignorance. I am very new to analog.
josep_hernandez
As Hdm said...a Linn Basik which is a rebranded Audio-Technica AT93. That was a "cheap and cheerful" standard cartridge on many stack systems from Sanyo, Fisher and the like in the 1980s. Of course, Linn's fluffery in marketing it, made it sound like True High End, which it is most definitely not.

It's easy to upgrade with the stylus of the Audio-Technica AT95E, which at least has a mention in Stereophile's Recommended Components. The old Linn stylus pulls off and the AT95E stylus slides on.
It's an inexpensive audio-technica MM, which should work very well with a rega arm and your creek amp. I used to use an AT-95E on my planar 3 then upgraded to a Linn K9 (rebadged AT) which I ended up using a with At-95E replacement stylii when Linn discontinued the stylii for the the K9. Now I use a Goldring 1042, which works exceptionally well (but is very overpriced in the US).

If you're looking for a better cartridge I still have the K9 with a couple of spare unused AT-95E stylii that should probably go to a new home.

The planar 2 is a good deck, but very sensitive to being absolutely level, and having enough oil in the bearing. Being slightly off level, or having low oil makes the sound much less refined so be sure to check the oil when you receive the deck.

Here's a thread on oiling the bearing

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1126629134&read&keyw&zzrega+oil
Guys, thanks so much for the knowledge and the tips. Pardon, again my ignorance, but is the stylus the "needle" or the "cartridge"?

Gp49, you mention that the stylus "pulls off and the new one slides on". How does that work? Is it changing the whole cartridge or only the needle? How can I do it?

Thanks, again.
Also (one more question)

What happens if I put a MC in my Creek? (I assume that the phono at my Creek only takes MM) What happens when you put a MC cartridge through a MM phono?

Again, thanks...

Josep
When you put a MC into a MM phono eq. preamp circuitry, if the MC is low output you will have to turn the volume of the preamp WAAAY up loud to hear it, and it still won't be very loud... if it's a High Output MC cart, it may even work... experiment with loading (resistance and capacitance) if the Creek has options for that...
If you win the auction for the table, if it were up to me I'd ditch that cheapo cart. and take the table to a Rega dealer and put a Rega Cart. on it.