I miss my Loudness Button and Tone Controls....

I agree with the need for EQ adjustment. But unfortunately the Rogue doesn't have pre-amp in & out or a tape loop, so the eq has to be between the source and the Rogue. If you have more than one source this can become tricky. You'll need an equalizer or dac with switchable inputs. This same problem just happened to me. I've been happy for 20yrs with my Rotel separates with a Rane ME60 between them. Wanted you upgrade my Revel Performa F30 studio monitors, always though the top end was a little lacking, In the process of ordering speakers I also got a PrimaLuna integrated. My speakers weren't lacking it was the amps. Fell in love with the PL but could not install Rane between pre and power portions. Had to exchange the integrated for a PL power amp, and still waiting for pre to show up.

My one recommendation to anyone getting an equalizer is be sure it has a by-pass mode. (was mentioned earlier)

+1 russ69 for SAE!

+1 for Yamaha Natural Sound loudness control. Is it not the one with variable compensation? Been a while since I’ve had one but if I could find an outboard example I’d buy it in a heartbeat for lower level listening. I also have a nad tuner/preamp with a decent loudness control.

Many of the examples mentioned are more eq than fletcher munson compensation, you don’t want the same boost at higher volumes.

Got excited about the Schiit Loki Mini only to find out it wasn’t tapered with volume. So it’s mostly just an eq? Am I correct? I think The only outboard FM loudness control I’ve heard of is a vintage Macintosh unit?

I hate to plug in another device in the signal path but I would in this case.

Using an SAE 2400 parametric...