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by magicalhippo 820 days ago
I normally use between 20 and up 50 when I want it loud. I've set my external amplifier to suit this.

I keep 50 "normal max" because sometimes I can be useful to be able to quickly go temporarily to 80-100 for really weak sources, without fiddling with the application or volume mixer.

That said, I have experienced what you mention when using an external headphone DAC/amp combo where there's been a mismatch between the output impedance of the DAC/amp and the headphones, and no option to adjust output impedance. But that's hardly Windows' fault.