JohnK,

While I think that the debate over 75 vs. 85db will continue to ensue fro some time to come, I think that it is important to note that whatever standard you decide upon, and really there are no rules etched in stone about this as for most people trying to listen to your movie or audio at the reference level of 75 or even 85db will be too loud in any case for them. That the main idea is to set a balanced sound stage for your environment, so if you find that in a small room that even calibrating to 65 or 70bd works for you then so be it. Once you achieve the overall balance that the levels from all the speakers are set to the same level at your listening position the rest of it really is not that important as too whether it was done at 75, 85, 65 or even 70db.