Audio Technica ID

[PJ62]

At an estate sale, I see a BIC tt with this AT cart on it. I'm trying to do an ID with my phone, the closest I can find is an AT 331E. Is that what this is? And if it is AT 331E, is that any good?

 

[Blue Shadow]

Green stylus is entry level bonded elliptical stylus. The cartridge can use a higher level stylus like the 12.

Being a white body it is probably not an AT 11E but like your phone said a 331 or any of many other numbered cartridges. But the stylus color says it is an 11E equivalent. Lini might know exactly what numbers it can be.

 

[lini]

(...) Is that what this is? (...)

Not necessarily. I.e., it could be - but in fact there were a pretty huge numer of AT10 to AT12 family "renames". So from that pic one can only tell, that it's one of these renames. And if that green needle is an original, it would be an ATS11E (bonded, comparatively blunt (0.4 x 0.7 mil) elliptical tip on straight alu cantilever). All in al not really bad - but nothing to write home about, either.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini