I wonder if you’re sensitive to the bitrate differences of CDs vs the Dolby Digital DVDs there is a difference and I can hear it at times. Or are you comparing Stereo music to 5.1 surround sound because that could make a big difference. I listen to my CDs in 5.1 which does add more. Also you said some of the music is coming from compressed files on your server, which never sounds as good as a CD or DVD. Also if you’re using a media server to play your disks it may have difference with PCM vs Bitstream mode. Media servers almost never give you the performance that a solid DVD player will.
I have a Yamaha 2400, running full range into all three front speakers, sides crossed over at 80Hz, and I just measured 110db to 112db with my sound level meter playing “I wish it would rain now” from Phil Collins Best of CD. And I still had about 10db more my receiver knob could go but I was starting to crap my pants from the base drum and snare drum trying to rip my chest open. These speakers rock! I have never heard such clear high sound levels like them before.
Last edited by marksanctuary; 09-27-2007 at 12:17 PM.
Yamaha RX-V2400 receiver, CMT-340SE center, CBM-170SE mains, Axiom QS8 sides, no backs yet