First post, by 65C02
Hey guys,
This isn't a question about retro audio hardware, but I'm hoping you guys might know the answer.
The other day I connected a digital amp to my onboard audio's optical out. Is it recommended to run Windows volume at 100% all the time and adjust volume output using the amp's volume control? Windows 11's default volume for Digital Audio is 100% (default for analog is 67%). Is there a reason for that, or are they both just randomly picked numbers by MS?
When I was running analog audio, I used to adjust volume using my keyboard hotkeys which was really convenient. I can still do that with SPDIF, of course, but is the output quality of digital audio still theoretically reduced when running at less than 100% volume at OS level, or is that just an old misconception?