Wow, I thought it was my BA 9000 speaker system! I have to regularly turn the volume up to 45 just to be able to listen, then I regularly turn it to 50+ to play something just about normal. If I am watching a movie I turn the volume to 65+, sometimes I even keep my hand on the volume and adjust it throughout a DVD as quiet passages are too damn quiet. lol

I really thought this was my speakers being inefficient at 89db. Maybe not.

As for the binding posts, I have not had a problem with them, but was very surprised at how chintzy(cheap) they were. I was expecting metal pieces.

Larry