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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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russ69
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Glad we could help out. You don't need tone controls you need a better cartridge. 
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"...Rogue Audio Tempest is a integrated Amp have you tried the phono input without phono pre amp it will run a MM..."

Good call, it's always worth trying, you might like one better than the other.  
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Slow down we need more information. My first question is what model amp do you have with what power tubes? Is your NAD phono pre plugged into the AUX inputs or the PHONO inputs? What cartridge?
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"...But I would hope he would not go out and buy a phono stage if he already has one... and then connect them together??! ..."

It would not be the first time it was done.
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Do you have the MC/MM switch set correctly? plugged into the correct MC/MM connection? A high output MC would go into MM side (I think). 
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