Receiver volume too high?
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Hey:
Running M22t, Vp150 and a Mirage S12. Love the setup, however I am wonderig if my reciever volume is too high for me to get the sound. Using a Denon AVR 2106, and my DB=-23. Is that loud? Or resonable?
TIA
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Use your RatShack meter and check it out.
Rick
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First of all have you calibrated your system?
The volume level will vary depending on the music/dvd source. With my Denon 2805 I listen to music anywhere from about -35dB's to -10dB's and occasionally crank it up to 0dB and beyond when my wife and kids go somewhere. Movies also vary, but I would say on average I am listening around -20 to -15 dB's.
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The settings on the volume control can vary for a number of factors. I agree with Wid, buy or borrow a SPL meter and make a few measurements. You may be surprised by the results.
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-10db for movies, and maybe -0db for music and those are pretty loud.
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Re: Receiver volume too high?
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Again, one can't just take a receiver setting and make that comment. Loud depends on the size of the room, how it is "appointed," how far from the speakers you sit/ listen, how accurate the receiver is calibrated, internal settings, input voltages from sources, etc.
You really need a sound meter to make sense of the situation.
The Rat.
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