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>>I'm not getting enough volume even at -15 db for most of the DVDs or CDs.

I guess my first thought is "so what ?". I normally listen to DVDs at -10 for "theater" playback. CDs / music tend to be best about -20dB even when played on the same DVD player (no idea why), and I drop another 10dB for "loud background", ie -20 for DVD and -30 for CD/FM.

One thing to check is to make sure that you are running "surround off", ie not running one of the matrix modes which spreads the sound around the 5 speakers you don't have yet.

For DVD try the 2.0 soundtrack that most DVDs have, rather than the 5.1 which is probably the default. Some receivers are smart enough to push all the 5.1 content to the front speakers if you only have 2 hooked up but I don't know if they all do that.