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Am I doing it right

Hello all, I am a newb to turntables, I have been slowly collecting the stereo system over the last few years. I finally picked up a TT 2 months ago, a rega p-24 with a Fidelity Research MKIII. The FR MKIII is a MC puts out .14 mv and has 10 ohms of impedence. I picked up a Fidelity Research FRT-3 to step it up, it has a 10 and 30 ohms and pass, so then I picked up a Vincent PHO-8 with a mm and a mc button. Vincent stats are
Gain: 40dB, moving magnet; 60dB, moving coil
Input Impedance: 47k ohm, moving magnet; 100 ohm, moving coil.
My question has to do with the right setting, I thought that the step up set to 10 ohms and the pre set to MC seems to be the right choice, but it is not nearly loud enough to play. It sounds great in MM mode and the transformer at 10 ohms. I guess that the vincent is causing the transformer problems in MC mode. Any thoughts? Is it OK to run in MM, did I do a bad job of matching, what would be better?
System: 125 watt marantz amp and 604 s3 b&w speakers
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I'll throw this out there because it's as much a question from me to the more knowledgeable as it is an answer for you:
I thought you would use a SUT if your phono preamp did not have MC capability.
So in this case, either SUT to MM setting on the pre, or no SUT and MC setting on the pre. Correct?
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