Micro Accoustics Cartridge ID needed

[redpackman]

Can anyone help me ID this Micro Accoustics cartridge. The cartridge is shot (one channel has no continuity), but as you can see the stylus is still intact. If I knew the right cartridge I could look for a replacement for the bad one OR I'd know whom I could safely sell the stylus to without it coming back with an "It doesn't fit message." If you have a cartridge which will fit this stylus, let me know.

Any counsel is appreciated and the more authoritative, the better. I've never heard about MA until I ran onto this on an old turntable. May find some life for it yet.

Thanks,

 

[sound hound]

It looks like the 2002e. Of course, without a microscope it is hard to know how many hours if any may be left on the stylus. Most of the ones I have include the label identifying it on the front of the stylus.

 

[redpackman]

Couple of questons: what's the difference between a Micro Accoustics 2002e and a 282e? Do many of these take the same syle/fit of stylus? Or does each variation require a different stylus?

 

[sound hound]

The 282e has a blue stripe running lengthwise on the body. It is a lower level model, tho I think it can take styli from the 2002.

 

[ana_logged]

This is a good reference for Micro Acoustics, one of my favorite vintage cartridges.

Micro-Acoustics

 

[perryinva]

Actually, though the cart is a 2002, that stylus is from the superior 530mp. They are interchangeable and it was fairly common “back in the day” when these were easily available to upgrade the 2002 with the 530mp stylus.

The exposed blue polymer suspension parts and longer canti give it away.