OP, I know you decided on Atmasphere’s Class D amps, but out of pure curiosity:
- Agree with adding subwoofers, but presuming this was never in the cards for you for natural reasons such as aesthetics or space constraints which is understandable.
- When you used tone controls you stated “the tone controls showed just how much bass the speakers were capable of, even if the rest of the sound was less than ideal. Why no one makes a modern high end preamp that has tone controls is beyond me.” Did you feel that your amp had a good grip on the woofers? Or did you feel like the bass was a little loose given the innate limitation of your SET amp?
- If satisfied with the bass presentation utilizing tone controls in conjunction with your amp, Decware makes a very transparent tube-based equalizer that does wonders, which can be found here. I know this is after the fact + the long waitlist, but it’s an alternative to the Schitt equalizer that others have mentioned.
I absolutely love the aesthetics of those Diatone’s. Curious about your experience with Atmasphere’s Class D amps - please report back. I’ve been looking at both Atma-Sphere and Laiv’s GaNM amps for the summer down here in Phoenix.

