Bypass Headphone Amp on Xonar DG?

[lakey12]

I am using the line out on my Xonar DG to my O2 Amp so I want to bypass the headphone amplifier of my sound card. How can I do this and what should the volume on the mixer be set at? (The manual states 60-80%) I have WASAPI exclusive mode set up for foobar and MPC but this is mainly for games and other applications.

 

[soundsculpture]

Set speaker mode in xonar dg audio center and xonar dg amp is gone.
 
or install some other driver! what i not recommend, dont trust it.

 

[PurpleAngel]

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I am using the line out on my Xonar DG to my O2 Amp so I want to bypass the headphone amplifier of my sound card. How can I do this and what should the volume on the mixer be set at? (The manual states 60-80%) I have WASAPI exclusive mode set up for foobar and MPC but this is mainly for games and other applications.

You will want to set the Xonar DG volume to max or near max and use the O2's volume knob.
I usually leave Sample Rate at 96Khz
 
For cleaner audio, set Xonar DG's
Audio Channel to 2-channel
Analog Out to Speaker.
 
If you need Headphone Surround Sound.
Set "Audio Channel" to 6 or 8 channel
Set "Analog Out" to "Headphone" and set gain to lowest (<32-Ohm).

 

[lolspops]

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I am using the line out on my Xonar DG to my O2 Amp so I want to bypass the headphone amplifier of my sound card. How can I do this and what should the volume on the mixer be set at? (The manual states 60-80%) I have WASAPI exclusive mode set up for foobar and MPC but this is mainly for games and other applications.

You will want to set the Xonar DG volume to max or near max and use the O2's volume knob.
I usually leave Sample Rate at 96Khz
 
For cleaner audio, set Xonar DG's
Audio Channel to 2-channel
Analog Out to Speaker.
 
If you need Headphone Surround Sound.
Set "Audio Channel" to 6 or 8 channel
Set "Analog Out" to "Headphone" and set gain to lowest (<32-Ohm).

What is the theory behind setting the volume to near max instead of max?

 

[PurpleAngel]

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What is the theory behind setting the volume to near max instead of max?

Usually it's recommend to set to max. I just like to suggest a little leeway just in case there is something like a noise issue if something is set to max volume, just trying to cover the unknown.