Simple Class-D Amp *With Remote* Wanted- No DAC, No Tone, No Bluetooth

[Mark S.]

I guess I'm belatedly catching up with the design fundamentals of the various amplifier types. A remote volume control on an amp with an analogue line-in (whether linear or switching/D-class) isn't that straightforward, it has to be either a motorised pot (no thanks) or switched resistor ladder/network attenuation which is rather expensive to implement so it's actually no surprise that cheap, simple D-class 'integrated amps' with remote volume control don't exist.

 

[Mark S.]

Oh God, it just gets worse. Talk about not exercising due diligence on my part;

in their infinite wisdom Denon omitted a stereo line-out (not a pre-out - I wouldn't expect one on any budget amp) on the PMA-60 and its brethren, the PMA-30/50/150H, which means that if I want to use my headphone amp I'll have to switch devices in Windows, to a different interface/DAC (the SU-1 I guess).

What a truly idiotic decision by the designers.