[Kungfucious]

true! its recommended that when you use a stereo amp connected to your pc soundcard, you should amp your soundcard to no more than 3/4 of full power. then you can raise the WAV output and any other controll to full since the total volume output is controlled by the far left slider in the audio controlls dialog.

also its worth noting that if your speakers are rated at less power than the stereo amp, you should definitely not run your amp past the half way mark. reason for this is that it starts to burn the speaker coil. You may not notice it because its a very slow process. but in time you will notice that no matter what you do, your audio sounds less than true to what you expect to hear.