A:Answer no, you can not directly hook your turntable up to speakers.
Firstly, turntables have what's called RIAA equilization. The phono input of a receiver or integrated amplifier decode this equilization so it sounds correct; if you just plug your turntable into a regular RCA port, it will sound off with very thing bass and highs.
What you will need is either a Receiver, Preamp, or integrated amp with a PHONO stage, or you will need to buy a stand alone PHONO PRE AMP. WIth a phono pre amp you could then connect the turn table to any powered speakers that you'd like.
Hope this helps
Chris LeChien
www.crlaudiosolutions.com