Anyone can tell me the cartridge shown here?

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.

Stylus = the part of the cartridge that actually rides inside the record groove

Needle = used in sewing/tailoring to draw thread through fabric

Good advice from Xiekitchen about having a dealer help you set up the table, arm and cartridge. Someone with more knowledge and experience could save you alot of grief. Many of us learn to do it ourselves, but not on our very first rig.