Onkyo 818 sound seems real low

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Originally Posted by solarrdadd

i think that's a feature under dynamic EQ. you may have to turn it on if it's not turned on after running the calibration. i think the default setting is 0db reference level.

i don't recommend running dynamic volume, i leave that off. best of luck. i have a 509 in my bedroom and the sound is incredibly loud if i want it to be; of course, i never want it to be!

if you can't get the volume to raise to a level to your liking or comparable to the 606 you upgraded from, then, perhaps there is either something wrong in the settings or there is something wrong with the receiver itself.

best of luck, keep us posted.

I think its a feature of the receiver not dynamic volume nor dynamic eq.

If the volume display is set to the Absolute scale (0 to 99) then when the volume reaches 82 a small red REF will be displayed next the the volume reading on the receiver display screen. This is to show you that you have reached reference volume.

When the volume display is set to the Relative scale(-82db to +18db) then reference volume is 0db.