I've been asking some questions lately about calibrating speakers and as usual have gotten great answers and lots of great advice. Now I'm confused!!! Here is what I did. I set my volume control to 0.0 and the rat shack meter to 70db, C & slow.

I used the receiver test tones and started with the left front. I was using 75db as my benchmark so I adjusted the front left to 75db which was a +5 on the receiver. Adjusted all the speakers using the meter and ended up with both fronts & center at +5; sub at +6.5 (seems high); left surround at +2.5 & right surround at +3. These all seem high but that's just my opinion.

Now I just read where you should adjust the front left speaker to 75db on the meter by adjusting the volume control and then setting the other speakers.

Are these 2 methods really the same or is there some difference? I'm confused!!!