@BoredSysAdmin , Tapatalk isn't letting me quote you, but the article I linked to states 85dB with 20dB of headroom. So a peak spl of 105dB per channel. The subwoofer channel has 115dB of headroom. This level was originally established by THX and adopted by pretty much every film studio.
I do agree, the plethora of different levels of certification may be confusing to an average consumer, but it's easy to read the manual and find out which level of certification it has. For an integrated system, it should achieve reference levels without distortion at a seating distance of 8'. Why is that a useless spec? I suppose we will have to disagree on the value of a THX certification.
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