We cannot assume that your receiver has a built in phono stage. Some amps just label their inputs for convenience. As Sugarbrie said, the best thing to do is to check the owner's manual. If you can't find the owner's manual, just plug your turntable into the input labeled phono. If nice music comes out, then there is a phono stage. If funny sounding (too low in volume or too tinny with little bass) music comes out, then there is no phono stage. Can you tell us which receiver you are using? Maybe someone has a similar one and can tell you whether it has a phono stage.
Perhaps a dumb question...
What exactly does a phono preamp do? Remove noise? Clear up dynamics? What is the purpose? I've noticed even my school's relatively cheap listening rooms uses a very basic phono preamp, I'm just interested in what exactly the effect of it is that makes it worth spending money?
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