The first thing you should do is calibrate the 950's trims by use of the internal noise generator, and a RadioShack analog sound level meter. You should calibrate with the main volume at "00" and set the trims so that the reading on the sound level meter is 75db for all speakers, with the meter's weighting at "C" and the response set to "slow". Using these settings, the volume at "00" will yield the same volume that they mixed the movie at when watching DVDs, and pretty darn loud at that setting when playing CDs.