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GL, the relative amounts of rated power in the receiver and sub amps are of very little significance. Typically, your speakers will be using 1 or 2 watts from the 1056 at a comfortably loud listening level and at peaks might hit 50 or 100 watts for a fraction of a second. The setting of the sub level control is also nothing to be concerned about, but if you'd feel more comfortable with a higher setting(for the same sub output)simply set the sub trim on the 1056 lower so that the control on the sub has to be set correspondingly higher. You really shouldn't need to have one control very low and the other much higher; they can be at roughly the same amount of their max.