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Problem with Home Theater Volume

This is driving me absolutely nuts, and is getting worse with time.

In surround sound modes my system has a major lack in overall volume. Set at max, I mean max, the loudest passages in a movie hits 95db at most. The problem is getting worse and worse and I am at a loss.

I have tried different DVD players, different digital cables/inputs, different power conditioners, different ac circuit for the pre amp to be plugged into, different amp ac circuit, different power cords. The late night mode is not on, I have reset all the settings to factory defaults in case I goofed something up.

Any ideas? The amp is 200x7 only using 5 channels and the speakers sensitivity is 90.5db.

Thanks
Marty
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mrpoindexter
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Marty,

I think I might know aht could be happening. When I first set up my system, everything was fine and nice and loud. Once, when listening to my CD, I saw that the LED on my Pre/Pro said "OVERLOAD - Attenuating"

Basically what had happened is that it noticed the signal coming in was too high and it auto adjusted that input to a lower level and kept it there. Perhaps your system has attenuated the input too much and now you cannot get it to run at full power output.

Try to adjust the gain on your inputs and possibly on the output channels and see if you can turn them up. I know that I purposely did just the opposite at my friend's house when he borrowed some equipment so that his wife and kids wouldn't overdrive my amp and blow out my speakers. Full power wouldn't clip anything.

Mike
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