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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

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gp49
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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.
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