@jimbennet
"Apparently no less expensive Class D amps with tone controls and phono stage exists."
One I didn't see mentioned is the "Parasound NC200 integrated". Maybe not good enough for the "High-End" club here but if your aiming for around $2000 I think you cant beat it.
It has everything you are looking for,,, and much more. And is around $1000.
separate bass, treble AND subwoofer level adjustments (and sub ON/OFF on the remote) and MM + MC phono. EVERYTHING.
Only problem is its an american company and being Canadian I'm off buying anything american until "y'all" put a sane administration together.
- Class D amplification by Pascal (110 Watts @ 8 or 4 Ohms)
- Burr-Brown 192kHz-24 bit DAC from the Halo P 5
- USB, Optical and Coax digital audio inputs
- 4 Analog audio inputs
- Phono input for MM or MC cartridges
- Pure analog signal path from input to output
- Analog bass management w/ variable 20-140Hz high pass crossover
- Subwoofer On/Off & level by remote control
- 80Hz low pass subwoofer output
- Full range mono output can be used for subwoofer or mono listening area
- Variable and fixed stereo preamp outputs
- Bypass input for surround sound or music streamer integration
- Default turn on volume memory
- Favorite volume memory with remote control button
- Input level matching (source volume offset)
- Bass, treble and balance adjustments by remote control
- Front panel LCD display with dimming
- 2-way RS232 w/ exact volume control & feedback
- Control4 Driver available
- Rename inputs to match connected source
- Front panel Aux input with12dB of additional gain
- Dedicated headphone amplifier
- Back-lit remote control with discrete buttons
- 12V trigger output
