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which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ?

anyone care to share what would yield to a better sound or how they are different ?
Some people i know prefer a stand alone MC phono stage. While others swear by the MM phono stage plus adding a step up tranny for an mc cart.
How are they different and in what way is one better than the other sonically ?
thanks
nolitan
nolitan OP
865 posts
 
Thank you Emorrisiv!
emorrisiv
313 posts
 
My pleasure Nolitan.

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jimbojrjb
54 posts
 
Well my 2 cents is that I am using an on board phono stage off my Audio Research SP9MKIII with a LOMC (.5mv) and I have never had a more smooth, open, detailed, warm and "live" sound than I do now. But I am lucky in that the on board phono stage had 67db of gain right out of the gate, so all I had to do was adjust the impedence to 100 0hms to match the cart and away I went.
thuchan
1,009 posts
 
Definitely a good MM + Step Up. It makes sense to invest in different SUTs or at least go for an excellent one and use many tonearms at the same time - there are solutions for doing so...
nolitan OP
865 posts
 
After these months of playing around with different combo, i much prefer in the end, mm+ step up rather than a straight MC phono stage.
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