Once again, I have not dabbled in the audio settings of my computer at any time since the problem resolved itself on the 4th.

If the problem arises again, I will update this post.ĮDIT 2 - Unfortunately, as of 6:00 PM on July 8th, 2017, the problem has recurred. I have not attempted any fixes since I posed this question here. What can I do to a) not have my audio deafeningly loud, and b) not have the audio distorted at volumes above 20/100?ĮDIT - As of 1:00 PM on July 4th, 2017, the sound is acting normally again on Windows. That would lead me to believe that this is purely an issue with the drivers, and not the hardware I have only Note, furthermore, that I am dual booting Windows 10 with Ubuntu 16.04LTS on this computer, and that the problem is not present on that partition. However, Windows generally has a thing for silently undoing all of the changes I make, like resetting the default boot manager. A workaround I use is to get a program called equalizer pro, which allowed you to adjust base volume up or. I have previously taken advice given here to reinstall the audio drivers, and that worked. I dont expect a fix from windows any time soon. 2/100 sounds very loud to me, and as the sound approaches 20/100, I start to hear some sort of static noise with it. In particular, the one issue that I can't seem to resolve on my own is that my audio is somehow Overall, I am content with my purchase, other than the fact that Windows 10 has been giving me a lot of headaches. I have recently purchased a PowerSpec G419. (Disclaimer - I have read other posts here one of the solutions, to reinstall all of the sound drivers, did work when I tried it a few days ago, but the problem came back today, and that solution would appear to no longer work)

Windows 10 headphones too loud