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Originally Posted by quadrophenia 
I'm not knowledgeable to analyze your speaker specs, but maybe someone who knows more about that will chime in. However, my suspicion is that, because your speakers are 8 ohms (which is good) and its a fairly new set (also good), my guess is that you're facing one of three scenarios:
1) Your receiver is defective and isn't driving your speakers at appropriate levels;
2) Your setup is in a very large room, requiring you to intentionally set the receiver at high volumes, in which case you may need a more powerful receiver; or,
3) You like listening at exceptionally high volumes, in which case you may need a more powerful receiver.
I'd caution you in thinking that there is nothing wrong with your receiver -- you could very well have a defective unit. Something just doesn't seem right about the need to turn the receiver all the way up to -3, so it may help to diagnose the problem if you could indicate how big your room is. In my 2200 cu. ft. room, -3 is literally unbearably loud, but I recognize that volume that high may be your preference.
In short, my guess is that the problem you're experiencing is somehow related to the receiver's lack of power and not your speakers. Whether that lack of power is due to a defect with your particular unit or its inability to power at the levels you want/need will require a little more info.
I'm not knowledgeable to analyze your speaker specs, but maybe someone who knows more about that will chime in. However, my suspicion is that, because your speakers are 8 ohms (which is good) and its a fairly new set (also good), my guess is that you're facing one of three scenarios:
1) Your receiver is defective and isn't driving your speakers at appropriate levels;
2) Your setup is in a very large room, requiring you to intentionally set the receiver at high volumes, in which case you may need a more powerful receiver; or,
3) You like listening at exceptionally high volumes, in which case you may need a more powerful receiver.
I'd caution you in thinking that there is nothing wrong with your receiver -- you could very well have a defective unit. Something just doesn't seem right about the need to turn the receiver all the way up to -3, so it may help to diagnose the problem if you could indicate how big your room is. In my 2200 cu. ft. room, -3 is literally unbearably loud, but I recognize that volume that high may be your preference.
In short, my guess is that the problem you're experiencing is somehow related to the receiver's lack of power and not your speakers. Whether that lack of power is due to a defect with your particular unit or its inability to power at the levels you want/need will require a little more info.
My seating arrangement is about 19 feet from the front surrounds, 17 feet from the center and about 10 feet from the back surrounds (the room itself is 21.5 feet by 32 feet). The volume is slightly louder than my Denon 2307 CI at the same level (-20dB on the 1020-K is louder than -20dB on the Denon 2307 CI). This leads to me to believe that if my speakers are sufficient then I am just listening at incredibly high volumes that the receiver cannot handle. So this issue would not be the case with a more powerful receiver? Has anyone had this occur before?
