Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the explanation. blush Makes sense. I assumed the measurements from HTmag were taken in room at 1w/1m like everyone else does. I'm not sure what the room they would use would be though, or if in room gain is transferrable between measurement situations.

Are the in room SPL measurements from axiom at 1w/1m taken in the axiom listening room?

Thinking about it more, and reading closely into the "how we test" section here: http://www.hometheater.com/content/how-we-test-audio-page-2 it does seem apparent that these figures are somewhat insignificant when it comes to the final outcome in sound reproduction within a home environment.

HTmag does note that the measurements provided are more of a "stink check" to find glaring issues with products rather than a metric of real world performance.

Thanks again Andrew. smile