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Stupid question about Sutherland Ph.D. phono pre

I've read with great interest many a rave review of the Sutherland Ph.D. battery-powered phono preamp. In many of these reviews, there's mention of using the pre with moving coil cartridges, but never word that a moving magnet cartridge can be supported. That said, the specifications indicate that the cartridge loading can be set at 47k ohms, which, I think, is the setting used by nearly every MM cart. Can this unit be used with either an MM or an MC cartridge? (I understand that most folks who drop $3,000 on a phono pre will likely be moving coil types, but I am wondering nonetheless.) Thanks, folks, for any help that you might give a boy with this. -- Howard
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vinylvalet
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I used to own the PhD. Yes, you can use MM cartridges. It's likely that you can use the stock gain board at 45db and loading board at 47k for most MM cartridges.

Although the PhD is the quietest phono stage I've owned (very important since I use Avantgarde Duo horns), I prefer the overall sound of the Diyhifisupply LCR Cole phono stage at half the price. Considering that it uses vacumm tubes, it's quiet enough in my system with more refined sound. I recently sold my PhD here for $2200. They come up fairly often.
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