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SUT or phono stage?

I have a new Rega P8 turntable on order complete with the lomc Alpheta 2 cartridge. Right now my main turntable is a restored Thorens TD 124 with an SME arm and an AT Art 9 cartridge. My Thorens is running through my McIntosh MC 47 preamp into the MC section and it sounds really nice. I’m going to have two tables hooked up to my system shortly and would like some advice whether I should get a separate phono pre or use an sut into the MM section of my McIntosh preamp. The phono section of my preamp has really good reviews and I can state the the MC section sounds good. I don’t have any experience with a SUT so it would be nice to have some thoughts from those who do. I do have a Vista Audio preamp that’s not bad also.
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Good news is that the specs on your two carts are similar enough (0.35mV/10ohms vs 0.5mV/12ohms) that the same SUT should work for both and therefore you can get one and try whether you like the sound of each cart via the MC or MM inputs best

Like @br3098 I'm a convert to SUTs and like the ones from Music First Audio -- their basic models are very nice and price competitive but there are lots of other sources as well (Bob's for example)
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