GeorgeWalk
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I don't recall talking about SPL meters AT ALL so.... I talked about average levels as I read them in audio rags back in the day and later architectural acoustic standards that I looked up, all which don't talk about 5dB perceived noise floors, but 35-50dB room averages for home environments. Yes, you can treat a room to make it better. I'm talking normal rooms. Regardless, even if you'r 100% correct in that graph, etc., where is this noise floor I'm supposed to be hearing? I have to turn my AVR up to +8dB over reference (113dB peaks) to hear the slightest amount of hiss from the MLP. I guarantee I can't hear noise over a signal playing. That's with a lowly Marantz AVR that I'm sure if you measured would be rated mediocre just like the other D&M models.
All I'm getting at is that mediocre must sound fine to me and I have a high-end (well maybe I shouldn't really call them that as $2000/pr doesn't rate that high in the grand scheme of things, I suppose, but I listened to speakers costing quite a bit more and didn't find a pair that I liked as well until the $6000/pr range and several that cost more than that I liked less) Carver ribbon speaker setup from the 1990s I just loved for ages and until the past two years I never thought anything else would come close. Now I have PSB speakers sounding nearly as good in a home theater environment and for me, that was a win. IMO, it had more to do with the speaker arrangement (simulating more sound arrivals and arranging them to be closer to a (weak) line source arrangement (front wides and front heights are matrixed in with stereo and with a push of the mute button I can compare with and without and it focuses like a razor when I turn on the extra 4 speakers) and more room treatments, though than what receiver I'm using (compared to Carver separates gear and a custom active crossover upstairs).
I appreciate that.
Yes, but what kind of speaker cables do you have?