i played all those scenes at maybe 30db.....positively nothing below that...i also played the pind floyd dvd but didn't hear any of the "natural sounds" except for the baby crying ....also listened to the abba gold dvd collection but again at 30 not below it...maybe afraid that it will make too much sound !!!!!!!!! i did the caliberation thing with receiver and all speakers i thought made the same level of sound and again the fronts are selected as small and the center as large. i did pull out the fronts about 18 inches from the wall ........thanks for all your input