phono preamp: Modern record players are equipped with magnetic or MC- Equipped with pickups. These pickups have a very small output voltage. You need a so-called phone-equalization-preamp. amplifierthat have phono, MM and/or MC inputs are suitable for direct Connection a record player. Very often, however, amplifiers no longer offer a dedicated phono input. Then a phono preamp must be installed between turntables and any high level input (e.g. "Line", "AUX", "CD","Band“, “Cassette” etc.) can be switched.
A phono preamp fits that Signal from the turntable in such a way that at its output the level is just as loud as CD players Tuner and other devices. However, high-quality phono preamplifiers usually sound much better than built-in phono stages. It therefore makes sense in many cases to use a separate phono preamplifier if you value particularly high-quality music reproduction.