Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Just got the spl meter. Need help.

Thank you Alan.

I have done as you have instructed. All speakers are set to +-2. The sub is set to +3. I reset the avr to factory settings and did NOT run audyssey. I had to turn the volume on the subup 3/4 of the way up in order to get it to 75db... it is at 3 o'clock. It sounds pretty good actually. The scenes in HULK which used to clip no longer clip. For music I find that i have to turn the sub down to about 12 o'clock since it is a bit too boomy.I realize that most people leave the volume on the sub at about 9 o'clock , but it is just too quiet at that level.

One other thing I noticed. I ran a frequency sweep off of the avia disk. It seems to not get to 70db until about 50hz. Below that is is a bit too quiet. I also ran the rattle test and the sub certainly does rattle. Is this normal? Thanks again to everyone who has responded.