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Jimbo007
01-15-2003, 05:20 PM
<font color='#000000'>I have Martin Logan SL-3 speakers.
I am using an Adcom 2535 and an NAD 2100 to bi-amp them.
I know I can do by ear and adjust bias as needed for taste and recording but...
Is there a &quot;correct&quot; method for setting SPL levels with Radio Shack meter to balance the sub and panel sections ?
When I tried setting with test tone and have both at 75db the bass is WAY too high...
Thanks, Jimbo007</font>

Jimbo007
01-18-2003, 01:21 AM
<font color='#000000'>Does anyone have ANY input on this subject ?</font>

01-19-2003, 03:26 AM
<font color='#000000'>Anyone know how to test amp levels with meter ?

I guess if not then -- by ear --- is how I'll have to go.

Thanks,
Jimbo007</font>

Clint DeBoer
01-20-2003, 10:38 AM
<font color='#000000'>I have always set the level of my subwoofer by ear, though we used to calibrate everything to 82dB (even the subs) in the studios where I worked. However, in my experience watching DVDs, the subs are never the same.

And I usually lower the subs (using the receiver) for music, and then raise them for movies.

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