If anyone on the board owns an Onkyo home theater receiver, I was wondering if you are experiencing the same "volume" issues I am with my TX-SR600 model....although the "specs" say this thing puts out 80 watts x 6 (I'm running it in five channel mode, plus a sub) and although I have also been told by reliable audiophiles (some on here) that Onkyo is famous for underrating their watts on their products, it still seems that, in my listening room in which this receiver is installed, I need to bring the volume up to "50" on the volume display or beyond to get a DVD soundtrack REALLY going; this is all depedent, of course, on how well the DVD was mastered and what kind of soundtrack it is --- DTS soundtracks always sound louder in my system than Dolby Digital ones --- but for the most part, on standard Dolby Digital-encoded surround mixes, I need to bring the volume on my Onkyo's display screen to the "50" mark and beyond to get LOUD audio.....does this seem normal for anyone else running an Onkyo receiver?

Another interesting note is that while according to the manual, this receiver is supposed to go up to "99" as maximum volume output on the display, but in reality, this receiver goes nowhere near "99" as the max number.....it is much lower than that before the display reads "MAX"; I have been told by others on another home theater oriented board not to worry about this because even with all system settings on ZERO (0), the receiver should STILL not be able to reach "99" in reality because at that point it should be nothing but distortion anyway ---- I was told this is much like a car's speedometer, which may read 140 as top MPH, but the car wont go that fast ---- can this be? I am worried that as I get higher than "50" on the volume display to get "satisfyingly loud output," I am too quickly approaching that maximum cutoff of the amplifier ---- should I be worrying about this or no?

Id like to hear from some other Onkyo receiver owners if, in general, they need to bring their volume levels up to beyond "50" (when its set on the ABSOLUTE volume scale) in order to get satisfying power out of their units......Im wondering if this is just an Onkyo thing....

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.