Receivers with Phono Input

Vinyl is back! But, if you've tried hooking up your record player to your receiver lately, you might be surprised to find that it doesn't have a phono stage.

It's hard to find a home theater receiver with phono inputs. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to play records on your turntable with the same receiver you use to watch movies? I sure think so.

Here are a list of receivers that have a phono stage. If you already own a receiver, another option is to buy a phono pre-amp like the Behringer PP400. A phono pre-amp plugs into any RCA line in (like aux line in or cd line in) so you can use it with just about any receiver.

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I own an Onkyo home theater receiver and I've been very impressed with it. It is very "smart" (it detects the audio signal and processes it) and has balanced my 5.1 speakers well. It retains the phono inputs and still does the newest technology. I just bought a bluray player and listened to TrueHD audio on it - amazing!

This model even has support for 3D! It's also wireless LAN ready, which means that it can connect to your wifi network if you plug in Onkyo's wireless adapter. We did this on our Onkyo, and it's made streaming music from our computer, Pandora, and vTuner easy!

In addition to having a phono input, this has the latest video technology too. This receiver has circuitry to upgrade all video signals to 4K. 4K Video is super high definition (more pixels than 1080p) and it is the newest technology for video display. This means that this receiver is ideal for the new TVs coming out with 4K resolution. 4K TVs are expected to launch in 2013. If you get a receiver that's compatible with this latest technology, then you will be prepared for these tech advancements and won't be looking at buying a new receiver for a long time.

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