Can VTL 2.5 do MC cartridge?

I have a VTL Ultimate Pre amp (circa late 80’s). Their is a phono interconnect marked on back and a separate interconnects jack marked MC. I highly recommend a high output MC,my VTL is quite noisy with low output MC.

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Open pre amp,you see the 2 two blue squares with on and numbers? One for each channel. I have it on for MC. The numbers are the load and ohm settings. It’s set for 100ohms.

Even with an added tube to get gain up to around 60db+ there will still be noise inherent from tubes. A better solution is to use an SUT (Step Up Transformer). These add zero noise to a MM stage but handle the current-to-voltage conversion needed for LOMC cartridges.

I agree with Jasonbourne71.

@Jasonbourne71, thanks.

+1 @jasonbourne71