A linestage is simply, a preamplifier that doesn’t have a phono section.
It takes a lot of circuitry to amplify a phono signal, before it ever gets to your preamplifier.
So if you look inside a preamp that has a phono stage, the phono section will often take up a lot of space — sometimes even half the interior of the chassis.
If your preamp does not allow for the pre-amplification of phono, it’s a linestage.
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