What level do you put your surround speakers relative to your front?

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

it works great for me, give it a try and see how you like it. like i said for me everything is level wise is set to 0db and actual distances are set. crossover for everything is 80hz and i love it.

make sure you write down what your present settings are so, when you change them you can always go back to what you had before the change should you decide to.

keep me posted and let me know what you think should you give it a try!

I'm glad that works for you. Are you using an identical speaker model all around your room?

I find the most realistic, seamless surround presentation in my room comes when I levelize all speakers with my SPL meter from the main listening position. I use a Radio Shack SPL meter, and they are known to not capture low bass frequencies quite as well as mids had highs. For that reason, I typically raise my subwoofer level by 2 dBLs when calibrating.