The sub's volume knob being at 1 o'clock and the receiver set to +2 out of 12 seems like I'm pushing it too hard?
Not being sarcastic... just nobody answered that particular part of my question before, so I assumed those settings were fine.
I don't have an SPL meter to do the Db levels yet.
My room is fairly large... 20x15x15. Moving soon, and the HT should be in a smaller room, so hopefully that'll help.
I'm just really surprised that a sub could perform so well, but the port can't handle it. This is fairly normal for the price-range then?