In reply to:

ralderman, you said that your receiver is set to 4 ohms. Is that a switch somewhere? I would try setting it on 8 ohms. You should get some better dynamics which could translate into increased "loudness" for any given volume level.



Receivers with said switch, in my experience, use this to determine the power safety circuitry. Were you to switch it to 8ohms, the system would detect a power draw that is too high and trip the circuit breaker.