To Equalize or Not to Equalize

I have a Loki Mini ... it's inexpensive, quiet and easy to use.  Any variation would be great for you.  There's a mini for sale on USAudio for $115.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650330979-schiit-loki-mini/

I have the Schitt Loki Max, pre Forkbeard, and it is a great piece.  Recommended.
 

One downside: The only way to turn it on and off is the tiny power switch located on the back panel.  If you keep your gear in a rack, like I do, it could be an issue.  A real PIA for me.

My Audiophile Law regarding analogue EQ is in systems up to $10K, as an accommodation to a constrained budget, go ahead and use an EQ. In systems above $10K, where the budget is not pinched, avoid EQ. 

Analogue EQ always is deleterious to absolute sound quality, i.e,. definition, resolution, etc. Avoid if possible. If your system is not pleasant, it will likely take a component, cable set, or speaker change to get it to perform satisfactorily. 

Adding an EQ does not make components, cable sets, or speakers change their fundamental performance limitations. If you wish to advance an audio system, you must change these. 

I have discovered a system configuration that allows tonal balance changes with zero sonic penalty, i.e., the kind of penalty associated with adding a component and set of cables. 

I am not interested in debating my system building principles which have been vetted by building hundreds of systems with most popular genres of speakers. 

Why not? You paid for the gear and music and are free to listen to it any way you want. Who cares? This is why EQ exist and so it room correction or dialog enhancement in Dolby and DTS. Everyone's ear is different. Room response may be flat but are your ears? No one can measure full transmission response from media to the brain.

@douglas_schroeder - even 10K+ system does not take into account room response or ear transmission of a particular individual. Even room measurement and correction only compensate for part of the audio chain. It does not compensate for individual ear characteristics.