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I think you will find many in both camps. Mine is setup pretty much flat with the RadioShack SPL meter, but with no correction factor for the meter. It's really personal preference. You want the bass to sound powerful when called upon, but not over emphasized so that it's always overbearing. It's my opinion that it is more dynamic and engaging for a soundtrack to surprise you with the low LFE at moments in the film, not loud all the time.

You also don't want to drown out the detail your other speakers are providing with too much LFE.

Again, this is just my opnion. YMMV.



My opinion too. That's how I recommend people set up subs either single or multiple. Keep in mind that 75db on the RS SPL metre is actually 2.5db hot relative to the other speakers measured at 75db. At 80db on the metre you are calibrating the sub 7.5db hot. I currently have 3 subs in my HT combined measuring 74db or 1.5db hot. I find at that level they shake all seats when required, give ambience in quiet scenes and don't bloat musical soundtracks.

John