Be sure to get a phono pre that matches your cartridge. Some are specific to Moving Magnet carts and others for Moving Coil carts. Some will allow you to use either cart and adjust for load impedence, gain and capacitance. If you used the phono outs in a receiver it would probably not have enough gain for a MC and you may have to crank it up to hear the lp. Here is the phono pre I use:

Monolithic PS-1