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Ive experienced the distortion you refer to on 2 tracks @ 6V. When I change to 2V there is no longer distortion where there was.

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I do not doubt that that the distortion goes away at the 2v output; same here.

What I am saying is that we do not have to turn it all the way down to 2v.  Use the Volume Offset instead.

I looked again at Volume Offset in the MM app.

I noticed by selecting -2 its value is -2dB (as opposed to -2v). 

Somehow this is different than decreasing volume, which in their digital domain causes a resolution loss.  I do not think you loose any resolution at 6v with -2 in the volume offset tab.

Cool

Honestly I wish there wasn't a choice

I'm mildly obsessed about it.

I've made comparisons and although at the same volume setting on my pre 6v does sound better than 2v I f I turn up my pre volume at 2v I don't think I can appreciate a SQ difference.

I wonder if SQ difference just related to volume?

I asked MOLA MOLA what volume offset does:

The volume setting stays the same on all sources when changing presets. Sometimes you can experience 1 preset is louder or softer than the other so you have to change the volume each time.
With the volume offset you can match the volume on each particular preset to match the volume for each source.

And Volume offset works in direct mode and headphone mode as well.