I suppose it does shut everything down, but it has, in the past, with my towers kept the subwoofer on. Odd....Anyways. I highly doubt any distortion is from my Pioneer Elite 94Txh, PS3, etc. It definetly has to do with the recording and the minute impurities or unbalanced tonality that is exponentially increased when the vloume is increased. I tried many, many different recordings today and they are definetly the culprits. The great recordings are magnificent while the mediocre ones are hardly listenable at high volumes. Thanks for all the help everyone, I will let this thread die peacefully \:\)

Last edited by Max3; 06/02/08 11:54 PM. Reason: Perfectionism is tedious...
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