Re: [Alsa-user] Volume Setting Questions...

[Takashi I. <ti...@su...>]

At Sat, 15 May 2004 12:28:55 -0500,
Casey J Heshler wrote:
> 
> Ok, I admit I am running ALSA at v0.9 something, what came installed with 
> Debian Unstable, but, ever since getting ALSA running, all I ever heard was 
> "Don't set your volume settings above 75%" - Why?

in most cases, it's ok up to 100%, since most chips define the highest
attenuation level as 0dB.
but some ac97 codecs allow overloads (often above ca 75% volume), and
this results in the distorted sounds.

so, the answer is -- quite depends on the hardware.


Takashi