Loudness

[curtis]

Depending on the speakers and their efficiency ratings, their "loudness" will not be the same when the dial on the reciever is in the same position. This means, the less efficient the speaker, the more power it will take to reach the same SPL as a more efficient speaker....this is something that Brad referred to in one of his posts.

That said.....it is OK to turn the volume up on the receiver to make the speakers play as loud as your previous speakers.

[JohnnyCasaba]

Are you using a 5.1 setup for movies?

[ChrisC]

4.1, I havent picked up the center channel

[Quinn]

Can you borrow anther receiver to try? I have a Marantz 7200 and independent testing rates the 7200 at 27watts per channel with all channels driven. Not Marantz's 105 watts in their specs.

[ChrisC]

What!!

[JohnnyCasaba]

OK, are you running them small and crossing over to the sub at 60 or 80 hz?

[ChrisC]

small and 80hz

[JohnnyCasaba]

Seems you have things setup right, maybe Quinn's suggestion is a good one. Maybe you could pull out your SPL meter to see what kind of levels you are looking for with movies.

[curtis]

also make sure you have the center channel on the receiver set to "none".

[bikeman]

also make sure you have the center channel on the receiver set to "none".

I inadvertently found out what a difference this makes. I had disconnected my 340C but didn't change the setting in my receiver. Dialogue almost disapperared. Set it to none and the world was back in balance.

David