805 owners help me with volume

[jaysonbarnett]

I have an 805 with the speakers listed below and i just can't get the volume i want. Let me tell you what i have done so far, i ran audessey, then bought SPL meter and manually set the levels to 75db ( audessey was almost perfect at) and when i watch a movie i have to turn it up to -2 or +2 on the receiver. After about -10db there is not much of a difference in volume. I have read that this receiver does that to keep it from distorting and to save juice for peaks in movies but i do not know how how this works. My old onkyo HTIB receiver (505 i think) with the same speakers would pump music form the same DVD player loud. The volume on the 505 was at about 40 and now even when i turn up the 805 to +18 it is not even close to as loud. beleive me at +18 you still can talk in the room.:mad::mad:Also is anyone pissed that for zone 2 you have to run RCA cables because you can't send a digital signal even though it turns off the rears and zone 2 is using the same signal it used for the rears.

[jaysonbarnett]

Also if anyone has advice on running a two channel amp to run the rti8's. Will this make it sound better? what is a good brand and would it make a difference? If anyone is selling an amp this would be the time to say what you have.

[cfrizz]

Jayson this topic has been discussed to death. Please do a search of both amplifiers & take a look in the classifieds sections of the forum for yourself. There are quite a few excellent amps up for sale, you just have to be willing to cough up the money.

Good power ain't cheap, but it's cheaper here than buying new!

This would get the job done & then some!

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67033

[jaysonbarnett]

i have searched 805 but can't find anything about volume

[avguytx]

Search for "Intellivolume". Here (http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66511&highlight=intellivolume)is the last post in regards to that same topic on an 805.

It talks about it in your owners manual on page 94.

[jaysonbarnett]

what i am trying to say is their is no increase in volume even with intellivolume. It's like it is just cant go any louder on the receiver not the source. I have tried that from a earlier post i made. O well i think i am just not making sense. Thanx anyway