John thanks for the support. I too have an Nad 752 and it is loud at around -20to-25 with the three front channels trimmed to +8. In the past couple of years I have had an hk 525, the Nad 752 the pioneer 1014 the sony 2000 es and they all had different levels of volumes with my same speakers(polk Lti 100's). Due to my paranioa about volume levels I went with a Denon 3805 recently and really like it but I am now thinking that maybe I should have given the 1070 a shot.I just wanted so input from some owners on the 1070 volume levels to see if maybe I should return the 3805 an give the 1070 a try,