"Martin" wrote in message
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I'm planning to buy an inexpensive receiver for my study, and I've
seen some that don't have phono jacks.

Phono preamps for adding phono inputs to receivers that lack them, are still
readily available. The outputs of these devices are designed to be plugged
into a CD, Line, Multimedia, TV, Tuner, or Tape input.

I was told that if I decide to
hook up my turntable to it, I can use the tape deck inputs of the one
for a CD player. Would that work as well?

Yes.

Like I said, it's just a unit for my study, but I may someday make my
records into CDs (if I ever get around to it) and would like to use
this receiver to do it.

Any advice?

If you buy an add-on preamp, the receiver is optional for recording. You can
use it or not, depending on what suits you best at the time.