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Do I need a sut?

I purchased an Ortofon MC2000 cart from a fellow A'Goner, it is very low output .05mV, my phono pre is a Herron VTPH-2 which has 69db of gain and my pre is a Herron VTSP-3a(r02) 14db gain.
The cart sounds wonderful, but with such a low gain I have to turn up the volume by quite a lot. If I had, another source at that volume, I wouldn't be able to stand it. With the volume turned up so high I get a fair amount of noise between tracks. 
Should I be looking at an sut or just live with it the way it is? I found an Ortofon at a decent price, it has 24db of gain. Would that be ok to go into the mc input on the VTPH-2? The mm gain is 48db, if I plugged it in there I would only gain 3db(if I'm doing my math correctly) I will also be contacting Keith, but I thought I would ask here too.
Thanks
Jeff
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browndt
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I have a Bob's devices 115/130 passive SUT running into the Herron VTPH-2 from a VPI Prime Signature with a Van den Hul
Stradivarius cartridge (.38mv) and it sounds terrific at 1.15 step up.
If you want talk with someone who KNOWS about SUT's talk with Bob at Bob's devices. He can be very precise about what will work with your cartridge and system.

I have no business connection with Bob or Bob's devices. I do own one.

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