crossover on my receiver is at 80 for movies and 60 for music.

The crossover on the sub is set to bypass. The volume knob on the sub is at 7 o'clock.

I was playing music with the sub at -12 db and it sounded great.

I turned the sub up to -10 db (which is what audessey set it at initially) for the movie clips I watched when comparing between the two locations.

I thought about adjusting the gain on the 500 so that I would not have to set the sub so low on the denon... but it is already at 7 o'clock and I don't see how that would change anything.

-David