Volume Setting/display question

Schris22
Schris22 Posts: 983
edited July 2005 in Electronics
not to hijack the denon fried thread, but it's a quick question that deals with the subject sorta...


I have an onkyo and I play it around 35-40.

Is this suppose to mean 35-40 db below reference level? I would think not, right?

mine starts at zero and works it's way up to these numbers not the other way around. I see others refer to theirs as -20 or -15 instead of just 20 or 15.

Thanks,

Chris

Just
Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR502-S
DVD Player: Pioneer DV-578A-S
Left and Right: R50
Center: CS1
Rear Center: R15
Surrounds: R30
Subwoofer: 10'' Dayton 100 Watt
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  • TheReaper
    TheReaper Posts: 636
    edited July 2005
    The onkyo 502 has an absolute scale from 0 min to 79 max (I think). I have no idea what is a good maximum, or where referance level would be. When I had an onkyo 501 (with R50s), I never ran it above 55.

    The -80 to +10 scale is a relative scale with referance level being somewhere around 0. The onkyo 502 doesn't have this kind of scale.
    Win7 Media Center -> Onkyo TXSR702 -> Polk Rti70
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited July 2005
    thank you...that clears it up

    Chris
    Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR502-S
    DVD Player: Pioneer DV-578A-S
    Left and Right: R50
    Center: CS1
    Rear Center: R15
    Surrounds: R30
    Subwoofer: 10'' Dayton 100 Watt
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