02-04-2023, 05:31 PM
Not exactly the answer to your question, but you have not said if the cartridge was EM or Piezo. In case of the former you do need the transformer. In case of the latter no.
PS. I had exactly this, a piezo cartrridge in VOM player with Philco 4812, and I could not get rid of hum.
PS. I had exactly this, a piezo cartrridge in VOM player with Philco 4812, and I could not get rid of hum.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.