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So, after changing to my Asus Maximus VI Hero, I realised that my sound in my headphones is so low! At max there is some youtube videos that is unhearable and I had to boost up my speakers 30-40% more just to get close to the same sound levels as my five year old motherboard, so I this "new" integrated soundcard has more resistance or dont have as much power output, but the problem is still there. 

What can I do to fix this? Is there any software I can use to boost something somehow, or is a soundcard the only "option"?

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What impedance Headphones are you using? 

You might need to buy an amp to drive those headphones. Test other headphones. 

If they are quiet also, then you might have a faulty mobo.

And also, software is not a good choice to boost audio. 

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What impedance Headphones are you using? 

You might need to buy an amp to drive those headphones. Test other headphones. 

If they are quiet also, then you might have a faulty mobo.

And also, software is not a good choice to boost audio. 

I've tested other headphones a astro a40 headset with this motherboard, still a little quiet, I'm currently using Q701 from akg and its 62ohm.

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I've tested other headphones a astro a40 headset with this motherboard, still a little quiet, I'm currently using Q701 from akg and its 62ohm.

Should be fine then, are you running off the back panal
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If you're not happy with volume, just buy a cheap $20-40 amplifier, or an amplifier that has a dac built in, such as the syba dac, it'll fix these issues, sometimes motherboards are hit and miss with onboard sound.

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Should be fine then, are you running off the back panal

Running my Logitech Z906 speakers on the back panel and the Q701 on the front panel, though I've noticed that almost all of the music videoes on youtube and spotify is loud. (I guess its just a lot of quiet videoes I'm finding :o)

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Running my Logitech Z906 speakers on the back panel and the Q701 on the front panel, though I've noticed that almost all of the music videoes on youtube and spotify is loud. (I guess its just a lot of quiet videoes I'm finding :o)

Is Youtube volume lowered? And if you are running into other problems try going off the rear panal, feont panals have tjeir fair share of issues.
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Running my Logitech Z906 speakers on the back panel and the Q701 on the front panel, though I've noticed that almost all of the music videoes on youtube and spotify is loud. (I guess its just a lot of quiet videoes I'm finding :o)

Asus mobos only amp the back. Switch it around if you can. Or get a splitter.

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