Does your Theater have enough octane?!

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Originally Posted by prerich

10-4, I'm wondering does the THX pm3 certification only take traditional near field monitoring into consideration (9ft is definitely not considered near-field). I say this because in a near-field setting your speakers will handle it no sweat!

I did some homework (or at least attempted to at one point) on THX pm3. THX sure won't tell you much as its all proprietary. Anyway, best I can gather is that it is short for "precision multi-channel mixing and monitoring". A fella on another site who seemed to be aligned with a small speaker manufacturer once said (take this with a grain of salt). That pm3 is very similar to the original THX Ultra spec in terms of linearity, off-axis response etc.. but it can't be guaranteed for a specific square footage say xxxx square feet as the amplifier section can vary greatly between various near field monitors.

Me, I'm still trying to wrap my noodle around why despite being bi-amped it still comes out to only 100 watts for the calculator.