Not to beat this to death, but I thought balancing/calibrating the speakers was having to do with your room acoustics and the effect on the speakers. So your 2 fronts are going to provide different levels, especially depending on placement/walls/furniture. Thus using the spl meter and setting all speakers to be equal to the original starting point/speaker.
Both my receivers had the option to increase volume while test tones were playing. I used the auto set up on the 4600 but went back and changed settings using the SPL meter and S&V disc.
I've mentioned before that while calibrating at 75db the test tones or pink noise? were very loud, louder than I would play a movie at. So I just want to make sure I'm on track with how I'm doing it.
Thanks