Comments on: Why does my home theater surround sound setup not push my speakers as loud as my old receiver?

By: RoyEdwards

RoyEdwards — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:51:23 +0000

I had the same thing happen to me, Newer receivers are more meant for surround sound, in short… movies. NOT music.

By: stealth_beat

stealth_beat — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:51:23 +0000

Maybe your old setup is just under stereo mode which makes your speakers produce loud noises but not filtered.

Nowadays, with the advent of say Dolby / THX, the loudness that you have been missing is very much filtered by how the distribution of your 7.1 setup home theater.

Do not worry about this, I am sure that before you made the shift to your new home theater, you can't distinguish a bullet case falling on the floor (if for example you are watching Rambo letting all out). With your 7.1 setup, you can even have a distinct insight on what part of the floor the bullet case fell off.

Enjoy your 7.1 setup.

By: lildan2003

lildan2003 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:51:23 +0000

Maybe your old setup is just under stereo mode which makes your speakers produce loud noises but not filtered.

Nowadays, with the advent of say Dolby / THX, the loudness that you have been missing is very much filtered by how the distribution of your 7.1 setup home theater.

Enjoy your 7.1 setup.

By: Bill D

Bill D — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:51:23 +0000

This happened to me too & it sucks. The loudest setting I found that still gave me surround sound was matrix. The rest of them, the sound was flat & weak. If yours has matrix mode, see how that sounds.

By: mmountainbiker

mmountainbiker — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:51:23 +0000

Auto calibration to set up your speakers levels could be the culprit. If so just increase the volume

By: rodjared

rodjared — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:51:23 +0000

If you did the auto setup go back in and do a manual setup,
you might like the result better.