Mick I had the same thing happen to me with an AWE64 Gold I have. It never
sounded as loud as my regular SB16 when I played music CDs.

I finally broke down and called Creative labs and they told me they don't
put amplifying chips on that board because it affects the quality/clarity of
the sound. Perhaps is the same with your card.

HTH

Jose



Mick Fitzpatrick wrote:

> Hello
>
> I just changed from an ESS 1638 sound card to a Soundblaster Live Value
> card.. (early prezzy from Santa).
>
> The difference in sound clarity & quality is very good.........but
> i only get about half the volume / power.  Is this normal ?? I'm sure
> the new card is installed & configured properly 'cos everything works
> well..it's just that i've got to wind the speaker volume knob up to
> almost full vol. to get the same sound level as when it was set at about
> 50% with the old card.
> I have checked the volume settings in Control Panel / Play Control /
> Volume and they are ok.
>
> TIA ... Mick

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