My sub is difficult to get to so when I calibrated it I left the volume where it was at, I'm guessing around the 9 o'clock position. I ran the test tones through the receiver with the receiver at odb. and the sub set to flat. Getting the sub to 70db using the db control on the receiver was about as high as I went before the house really started shaking.
There was a significant difference between the Denon's autosetup and using the sound meter. I don't know what db the Denon calculates at, but I had to lower the db levels on all my speakers about 4.0 and raise the sub about from -5.0 to +7.0 to get all the speakers at 75db and the sub at 70db, it's almost like I'm hearing the EP500 for the first time.
I think I'll get a calibration disc and try again to see if there is much difference.
I did run the tones through the THX optimizer on the Cars DVD and found that when running the tones after my calibration, it was the first time I had heard the subs test tone in that particular test.
Now I need to watch all my movies again with these settings.
