Increasing a Low output MM

I guess if you could get someone to build you a SUT with a 1:2 or no more than 1:4 turns ratio, that might work. But I think it would be as costly as acquiring a different MM phono stage with more gain.

I shall, thank you. I was replying to your statement:

Second, the SoundSmith cartridge is an MI type, not an MC type for which SUTs are most suitable.

You are, of course, correct that a 2.4mV output would be increased far too much by a typical SUT, but I can't let the suggestion that MI cartridges of any output are unsuitable for an SUT stand unchallenged.

I did not say that MI cartridges are universally unsuited to a SUT. True low output MI cartidges (let’s say <1.0mV) will still have about 100X more inductance than a LOMC of similar signal voltage output, but of course they can usually be mated to a SUT. In the case of SoundSmith low output MI cartridges, I would seek the advice of Peter Ledermann. (What privately puzzles me is the attitude of some, not you, Doggie, that one ought to find some way to use a SUT in the phono signal path, on the notion that SUTs are in some way magical.) High output MI cartridges, like B&O MMC1 and MMC20CL, Acutex LPM320, and etc, are among my favorite cartridges ever.