It's been almost a year since my favorable review of this Finemet MC step up transformer. Overall, it has given me great musical pleasure! However, when tasked to amplify MC phono cartridges with lower output than a typical Denon DL103, in particular the Ortofon SPU and Fidelity Research FR1 MkII, hum could be intrusive in softer passages of classical music, especially when not carefully sited away from motors and power supply transformers.
As I had suspected in my initial review, the FM-MCT1 wasn't as well shielded as the Hashimoto HM7, Tamura TKS83, Altec 4722 and other vintage MC SUTs in my collection.😔 Now, I had no recourse but to compromise my aesthetic preference for an open chassis in favor of an enclosure to provide additional shielding.
