I've got a new Pioneer Turntable with built-in pre-amp, a cd player and an Ipod. Most older receivers have phono, tape and aux. inputs. Am I going to be able to use my turntable, ipod and cd player on an older amp/receiver? Can you use anything other than a cassette deck in the tape inputs?
"Older" would be defined as pre-1987. You know the units with phono, tape deck and auxilary options only. The days before cd players, dvds, ipods, etc.
Well, considering "ore -1987" covers a lot of time and a lot of product, you should be fine running your new sources into an older receiver. A turntable cannot be used through "tape in" without an external phono pre amp. Pre-1965 receivers might have an input labeled "tape head". Ignore this, there are presently no sources appropriate for this input.
Feel free to use the aux or tape inputs with your newer digital items. You might be surprised by the quality of sound you'll get out of the "old" stuff.