Is it just me?... difference between front and rear audio.

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I have one of the MSI gaming series Z97 boards with the "dual audio amplifiers".

Both the front and rear audio sound fine, but the front panel is significantly louder than the rear. I noticed that the rear is labeled "line out" so it might just be built that way. They both function fine and produce good sound so I'm not complaining.

What are your thoughts. Do you think it's intentionally set up that way?

Thanks.
 
Well usually the rear channels are effect channels and much lower level than the main channels. That may or may not be the reason.
 
The FP outputs are generally set to a higher gain level than the rear outputs. Reason for this is because they expect you to connect your headphones to the front outputs and speaker/amp to the rear output. Many mainboards that include onboard HP amps include software that also has a software gain switch that can be adjusted up or down for either output.

But in my experience, the FP is almost always adjusted to be louder to better drive headphones to louder listening volumes. Totally normal.
 
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