I cant believe you could listen to it that loud. Some people say they listen to the 1050 around 60, but the windows would blow out of my house if I turned it up that loud... must be a difference in speakers

J Farr - I'll definitely let you know what's up with the Axiom test.

Jason - set to 8 ohm. I really should note that it's not a lack of volume on the whole, but really just the inability to "kick it up a notch" once in a while.

HI-FI - your spkrs are probably more sensitive. Also, the axiom M22s are bookshelf type spkrs so we're not talking too much punch on the whole. They do sound great though. Another factor could be the size of the room which is 15x23 with 20' ceilings through 1/2 the space.

I'll keep all posted on what I find.

20' foot ceilings...wow! That's a mighty large space. I would think to really kick a room like that you would need floorstanding speakers with some serious amps behind them. A look into possibly some M-200s powering the mains might not be that bad an idea. The fact that the Outlaw and Axiom combo gets the room going pretty nicely says a lot to me about just how powerful the 1050 is.

Well your 93db sensitivity seems more logical with room gain,now if we add 17db's from the 1050 Outlaw at one meter you will be getting 110db's,now we add another 3db's for running the center channel and you would have 113db's at one meter.NOW if you have calibrated your system at DOLBY DIGITAL Reference levels you would be hitting peaks of 105db's at your seatting area assuming it is at aproximatelly 12ft. from you main speakers.Remember you still have the 2 surround speakers that each would add another 3db's to you peaks,but because every time you double the distance from your speakers you loose db's(one meter 3db's)so if you seat at 12ft. should equal 4 meters,you would loose 12db's,but if you add you 3db's per speaker;you would end up with 107db's on peaks.Now that is not using your subwoofer only your main,center,and 2 surrounds.Would you agree, that could be very LOUD!