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I also have a good home theater setup and am particular with how my audio sounds. I find TPA not so much lower in volume but rather mostly lacking in dynamic sound. There aren't really any highs or lows, pretty much everything is at the same volume. For that matter there aren't many high highs or deep bass sounds either. I just got a new Onkyo receiver and did the Audessey setup last night. I'm interested in hearing how some of my games sound on the new receiver. TPA will probably sound flat in comparison to some of my other games that more dynamic sound.

Another factor is that almost all of my other games are 7.1 and I have a 7 speaker setup plus a sub woofer so I take advantage of the sound in most games. TPA on the other hand is just sending out mono sound to the stereo pair. On my settings on the PS3 and receiver that means that I'm only getting sound to the front pair. Many people with home theater in a box types of setups are probably outputting some kind of matrix sound to their speakers and they have their surrounds going even with TPA. That is going to add to their perceived sound level as compared to those of us that have things setup so that we're hearing just what the game is sending out.