mcintosh MT10 turntable good or not.

I have the project tube box se2 preamp. it has inputs for moving coil cartridges. not sure I understand this. the highest input impedance is 220 ohms on the preamp. the output impedance of the cartridge on the mcintosh sais greater than 200 ohms reccomended 500 ohms. first will my project work at 220 ohms? second if I had a phono pre with the 500 ohm input, is that better and what does this mean? This is way above my level in intelect if you can't tell by my spelling.
thanks

Well obviously after saving so much $$$ on the MT10, you will have plenty left to get yourself a suitable mating phono preamp. You wouldn't mate a Pro-ject turntable with a McIntosh phono preamp would you? It's all about balance. Maybe this dealer will offer you another steal.

Cheers,
John

Beerdraft -- with the direct MC inputs and 220 ohms, you should be fine.

Thanks guys, I will probable run the project pre for a while and then see what is out there later and evaluate the performance. I will try to get it setup tonight and spin some records. Will updated you on the sound of the mt10.

Check out the Clearaudio site for their cartridges and compare the Clearaudio Talisman cartridge to the one on the MAc turntable. If you read the MC tt manual, it contains the cartridge specs. They are the same as the Clearaudio Talisman. It is probably the same cartridge rebadged. I think it is about $1k.