A lot of LP enthusiasts prefer a sut to an extra active amplifier for MC cartridges. Whether that is because "everybody loves the sound added by transformers" as I was told decades ago when asking the same question I don't know. As you know, I would not expect an additional non-broken cable to make any difference 
but one does need to sort out earthing and positioning carefully to avoid hum.
I haven't compared it extensively but with the MC input with recent firmware but the MC config was much noisier than with my Ortofon T3000 whereas I did not notice any noise difference when comparing them with much earlier firmware on my D-Premiers.
Pre CD I was already using a preamp which used a sut in the mc phono stage btw.
but one does need to sort out earthing and positioning carefully to avoid hum.I haven't compared it extensively but with the MC input with recent firmware but the MC config was much noisier than with my Ortofon T3000 whereas I did not notice any noise difference when comparing them with much earlier firmware on my D-Premiers.
Pre CD I was already using a preamp which used a sut in the mc phono stage btw.
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