I've just got my Denon avr 1910, hooked everything up and all working ok. My question is why the volume level need to be cranked up pass -50db to -40db to start hearing sound and at -13db to get good decent hearing volume (not extremely loud) to fill the room size 15'x 27'. My 20 yrs. old Denon AVC 3000 pro logic 75w/ channel (5.1 channels) can fill the room up easily at about 1/3 (from left to right on volume dial) with the same speakers and subwoofer. That means the volume on this avr 1910 has to be cranked up to approx. 3/4 on the dial. Anyone has this problem, suggestions or opinion on this. Thanks.
My Pioneer VSX-36TX (circa 2002) does the same thing. Modern AVR's count up from minus something to 0db and go just a few db higher into 'plus' territory. It seems arbitrary but that's how it is.
Ask yourself this: who ever really turned the volume knob up to maximum on any amp on purpose, and had speakers survive it? In other words, why have all that capacity on a potentiometer if you never use it?
Little known fact: With that in mind, Bose Corp actually designed a product that intentionally used the full physical travel of a volume control - the Bose Acoustic Wave Music System.
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