Clint S

That's because of this: vvvvv Yup. Measure the Left Main...there's your culprit. Or take the blanket off of it I am sorry, it was a mistype or something the +12 was supposed to be +2.0 for the left speaker.

Good! Play the tone with the AVR volume level set to -30 and measure the AC voltage across one set of terminals going out to the KB51. What's the value? Got a better meter, but, I checked the speaker levels and they are different. I assume I should choose one of the higher level speakers to test?

The bookshelf speakers are set to small, don't know the xo, as far as not playing that loud, that is what i'm trying to find out, how loud IS too loud. I'm trying to determine at what volume level on the receiver is too loud for the current setup. Thank you, Clint. I ran the auto setup again and did get a little more info. The bookshelves were set to small but every time I run the auto setup it sets them to large. The xover is 80Hz. The auto set up sets speaker levels as follows: Left +12.0, Center -1.0, Right +2.0, SR +2.0, SBL +2.5, SL +3.0, SW -12.0. I don't know if this info in any way tell of any problems or not.

Thanks, I will try again tomorrow as it is getting late here.

Would you be able to give me a brand and model of VOM you are talking about? So I can look it up and compare to what I have.

Good! Play the tone with the AVR volume level set to -30 and measure the AC voltage across one set of terminals going out to the KB51. What's the value? I must not be doing it correctly, or I don't have the proper meter. On ac volt I get nothing, on ac current 40Amp I get 1.0, would I do better with an analog meter? I am attempting to check it at the output on the back of the receiver. I am also using the file you sent me over airplay through iTunes.

Thank you for your response, I have a sound meter from radio shack, nothing special but it seems to do the job. Thanks, Clint.

Thanks for all the replies, this gives me a lot of things to try, if I figure anything out i'll post here again. Thank you, Clint.

Yes. You'll need a multimeter and a test tone recorded at full scale. Email me through the forum, and I'll send you one. Yes. It is possible to check without blowing anything up. Received file thank you, Clint.

Should this be done with the speaker connected or disconnected on the the channel that I am checking?

The bookshelf speakers are set to small, don't know the xo, as far as not playing that loud, that is what i'm trying to find out, how loud IS too loud. I'm trying to determine at what volume level on the receiver is too loud for the current setup. Thank you, Clint.

I will try.

Sorry I didn't list anything I have since posted my setup.

Sorry I didn't list anything. Pioneer vsx1123k receiver, 6 klipsch kb15 bookshelf speakers, 2 kf28 floor speakers connected to 2 emotiva xpa100 amps that are connected to the two front preouts on receiver, 2 sw350 subs. when listening to music I operated the receiver in extended stereo mode. I realize the amps are over powered for the speakers and the receiver is most likely underpowered for the bookshelves when using all 6 channels. The kf28's were bought because that is all I could afford right now, and I was figuring on upgrading in the future. This is the reason I would like to find the max safe operating level, for now. Thank you, Clint.

Would anyone know if it is possible to test a receivers output on each channel in relation to a certain volume level? I need to find the max safe volume level for my klipsch speakers. Currently, if I turn it up too loud it blows some of the speakers. I need a way to check it for example at volume level - 30 then turn the volume level up to -6 and check it again. Is this possible without creating a short that would blow something in the receiver? Thank you, Clint.