Hey Frank, yeah i kinda figured that about the hardware controle.. thing is it really makes no difference. seems to set software to full 100 anyway, which is logical as from there on that dac should be able to decrease the volume from max.. when there would be audio controle, which there isn't.
anyway.
as you said. i should go to full 100% on software before i disabled, which does a bit the same.. it starts to cracle. and a lot to.. which it doesn't do when i put my z10 at max and regulate with volume. just doesn't seem right though.
what did you mean with..
You also can try to play with the volume settings on the console
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alsamixer
thanks Matt
.... 10 min later,
just figured what you might mean with the alsamixer part.
ssh into the pi. -> alsamixer and than i saw this

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figure changing the card would be an option.. so

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selected the hifiberry:

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which would be oke, because the intend is to regulated via the z10
but once i exit. and enter again it is back into the alsamixer.
is this the problem? a problem, but not the problem, or is that no issue?
greetz Matt