Sup all, I just purchased a radio shack spl meter and adjusted my system. At first i just turned on the receiver to my normal listening level and then sent pink noise from my receiver through the speakers and looked at the db level on the meter. It read about 55 so i adjusted them all to 55. Now i started reading on the web about using 75 or 80 as the reference for setting the speakers, so I went back and done it again. The problem is that using 75db as the reference, the volume on cds, etc at this level is overwhelming loud. So i got to thinking, maybe thats what they intended, u know to get the level right and then turn the receiver down to the normal listening level. What do you guys have to say. Is either way right or is one better than the other? Any help appreciated. Thanks, Paul.