Seperate phono stage v.s. step up transformer


Fellow analog lovers help me with this dilemma. I have a Teres 265 turntable with a Graham 2.2 arm and a Lyra Helikon cartirdge. I just purchased a new preamp that has a terrific phono stage but, its' sensitivity is 2mV @47Kohms and the Lyra cartridge is only 0.22mV.
So I have 3 choices, get a new cartridge, get a seperate phono stage, or a step up transformer.
What would those of you with more experience in these things do? If it is change cartridge, which one? If seperate phono stage, which one? If a step up transformer can be used without sacrificing any detail, dynamics, etc. which one?
Thanks ahead of time to any of you that answer these questions.
agaffer

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Sure, and who put you in position to quantify me? Were it you yourself or was it your strong NEED do not admit the fact of your OWN exposition?

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Signing off,
Romy the Cat
Yep, the person who is in his search for a Best Bolero and whose brain is just a pile of the primitive audiophoolic dogmas and fears have the dreams to be my challenger! Actually even your attention to “Romy the Cat” insults me.

The Cat

Are you out of your mind? In the place when the barbarians like you delete each post that dose not support YOUR agenda you propose to find a valuable poster who value his/her own context. I am too familiar with your cheap, hypostatic tactics and too mach understand what stays behind your “diplomacy”

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Continue you cheap “play of public”.
Romy the Cat
4yanx,

nope, I have no interest to educate YOU: it would be too primitive and none-noble task; also you are a dead prospective student. All that I said was to ridicule you and you-similar “thinkers” with your desire to project you own limited and frequently negative experience as something that put you in a position to provide the abstract conclusions or generalizations. As far as I concern you understanding of Audio is “garbage in – garbage-out”. How many pathetic “followers” you’ll find on this site is totally irrelevant and I would say quite indicative…

Good luck,
Romy the Cat
”I have now spoken my last on the topic …”

And what was the subject of the topic:

a) Advantage/disadvantage of transformer vs. active stage, the subject about which you have no experience, authority or knowledge
b) Blaming Romy that he is an idiot because, now and before, he considered your comments being totally bogus

Look, Audio is a complex and very serious thing, believe you or not, but there are people out there for whom audio is not only to prioritize the leadership of the audio products, built the justification for purchasing selection or kiss the stinky asses of the different manufactures with an objective earn some better accommodation or the first listening row-chair at CES.

My, disregarding of YOU, as even prospective valuable opponent, is based on my deep familiarity with this particular and with many other subjects when you was trying to express reference-like but very questionable (not to sat wrong) opinion, and with my understanding of the primitivism of the motivation and reference point that derived you. I intentionally do not bring the counterargument because I do not want to compete with but only to point out the methodological idiotism of your thinking pattern.

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Regrettably for you, you did not demonstrate so far any intellectual, audio or spiritual capacities to ignite any Romy’s interest. Therefore, the fearful unfortunate, die with your pathetic secret.

Romy the Cat