Quote Originally Posted by ROBSCIX View Post
@Crow, you need to remember also the Prelude has HOT output as all new Auzen cards do, the outputs are 5 Volts Max. Most other soundcards will run about 2v maximum. With this in mind you can actually damage some type of gear with incorrect levels. With the X-Meridian most guys just set both wave and master to 50% and used the speaker volume or receiver volume to control the overall system level. For headphones, you could set your Wave volume to 100% and use the master to adjust the level for your headphones. Does this help with what your asking?
I have wave volume at 100%.
I just want to know if it is normal I need to have master volume at 50%.

As I said before, with onboard sound I always used master volume about 15-20%, and now with Prelude I need to put it at 50% to reach the same loudness. I just want to know if this is normal. If so, there is no problem at all