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Flat speaker sound/preamp the culprit?/external EQ needed?

Hi, I have a Rogue Audio tube amp, which I love, a U-Turn turntable and an NAD phono preamp. Here's my issue: on many recordings the bass can really drown out the rest of the record. In general things sound muddy. When I plug my iPhone directly into the amp, I dont have this problem. So I think the premp is the culprit. (It has no EQ controls.) Can someone recommend a reasonably priced solution to this? An external EQ? Something else? (Someone recommended a Schiit Loki.) Many thanks in advance!
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millercarbon
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Is your NAD phono pre plugged into the AUX inputs or the PHONO inputs?

Ouch. That could be it. Line level into a phono stage would overload a lot and be truly awful. But I would hope he would not go out and buy a phono stage if he already has one... and then connect them together??!
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millercarbon
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If its not a big glob of gunk on the stylus then its probably the phono stage. No amount of EQ ever gonna fix muddy. Better phono stage. Night and day.
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