JK,

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This disc is almost certainly compressed out the wazoo
I'm not sure what 'wazoo' means?? But, when I put 110 dB on my earlier post you seemed surprised/disbelieving. Yet now 109 dB @ 90 M-speed now seems OK due to 'wazoo'. Can you explain?
The rig is calibrated to 75 as per usual routine. That's where the -1.0 comes from.

Anyway, w.r.t. the original query based on Adi's problem...whichever way you view it, listening at 100+ dB in any sort of room (treated or not) is not healthy. Whether or not 5200's should fail is another matter.

109dB's of any sort of music is an outrageous level...even if it sounds great laugh

Rgds,
Nick