Quiet?

can someone help me out here? i am running a music hall 2.1 with a grado gold cart hooked up to the belari 129 preamp through a jolida 302b and finally out some old school paradigm minis. when i play reocrds i hear a good deal of volume, but when i run my CDs through the preamp only i get much more volume. why is this? is there any way to get more volume out of my bellari? is it simply a function of the belari that it is not as loud as my CD/DVD player? is there something i am doing wrong? its not that the music is quiet, it is just that it is not as loud from my records as it is from my CD/DVD. thanks!