BTW, the Rat Shack analogue meter has a female mic stand socket. Using a boom mic stand I was able to place the meter right where my head would be. I too was surprised at how "off-balance" my speakers were. Nevertheless, as I've stated above, I'm constantly "tweaking" the levels to make different sacd's, dvd-a's and dvd's sound "right" to my ears. Anyone else notice the variability of the software?

Jay