Has anyone found a good solution to this? I just bought the receiver. With my cd player connected thru the rca's, I had the volume up to 99. it was loud, but not 100 watts loud. I feel that somehow the output is being restricted. Go into the menu and change the 'Dynamic Volume' level. The choices are light, medium, and heavy. Light should be enough to do what you are wanting but play around with the settings to see what works best for you.
