Grado Statement series carts


I've always wondered about these and I'm just hoping someone can share how you set up your phono stage or SUT you use and what brand you like for your Grado. They aren't the standard mi/mm and have a mc like output of .5mv but with a standard mi/mm input capacitance of 47kilo ohms. Thank you. 

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Thanks guys. Super helpful. I've always wondered about the sut's with Grado s. Yogi your question is also one I've been asking myself. 

Yogi, that is interesting, after talking with Mike S. I got the impression that gain in the phono (still running the Quickie?)was there to provide homc's enough gain. He mentioned one in particular that he liked very much. I don't see a system posted on your profile what is the rest of your rig. It seems like with your set up a .5mv statement series would be right in there synergistically. 
Yogi, did you notice that the Grado has the statement series 2 output listed as both .5mv and 1.0mv

http://www.gradolabs.com/cartridges/statement-series-cartridges

This is has me shaking my head. Are they measuring the output two different ways?