All preamps once had built-in phonostages, in the days before high-output, non-EQ-needing CD players became the most popular source. Today such preamps, capable of directly handling the signal from a phono cartridge, are called 'full-function', while those without internal phonostages are called linestages. They're all preamplifiers though. BTW, a stand-alone phonostage is sometimes also called a 'head-amp' or a pre-preamplifier, and 'passive preamp' is a bit of an oxymoron - they should rightly be called passive attenuators/switchers, because they don't do any amplifying (real preamps with gain are also referred to as being 'active' in comparison, though this is normally assumed without explicit mention).
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