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Note that increasing volume past 100% only makes sense when the audio being played is not normalized (meaning it's volume is too low from start). You cannot go over 0 dB in any digital system and that's supposed to match 100% volume. Increasing volume over 100% means practically telling the system e.g. "whatever the audio is, double its volume before sending it to DA converter". If this WOULD result in audio level higher than 0 dB you get clipping which is really ugly distortion which may damage some speaker systems if played loudly. However, if the audio being played back is too quiet (e.g. bad recording that has not been fixed in post production), doubling its signal might bring it to -5 dB which is still just fine. If you must go over 100% for the output amplification you should either have low volume on your speakers or be absolutely sure that you don't get any normalized sounds emitted by any apps (e.g. an incoming Skype message sound could clip the sound catastrophically in this case).
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Unfortunately this doesn't play well with volume control applets. Use one to turn down volume and it goes back down to 100% and can't turn it over 100%.
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