Your experience does not invalidate my experience. I have had the same bad behavior across multiple versions of Windows, using multiple different loudspeakers, headsets and headphones, all the while it worked perfectly well in GNU/Linux distributions, where I can set volume like a sane person would, instead of like on Windows, where I need to micro management between 1 and 5 out of 100.

The fact, that this is a well known issue, that basically all my friends know about, having it right now, and in the past using various audio output devices themselves, tells me, that it is not a "me problem", but actually something that in general does not work so well in Windows. They have all accepted, that Windows volume mixer simply does this and that there is nothing that they can do. They are not regular GNU/Linux users like I am, so they are stuck with that.

Consider, that you might be in some kind of bubble, with your fortunate experiences. Consider, that maybe you did not understand the problem I am describing well. Since you are talking about "external amplifiers", makes me doubt, that you understand correctly what I am talking about. Note, that I have already stated, that I do not put volume externally to any maximum, like someone claimed earlier. So either you claim, that I am lying, or you do not understand what I wrote.

Perhaps you should rather ask questions about the issue and try to be helpful, instead of going on assuming and pretending the problem does not exist, when it very much does and you simply seem blissfully unaware of it.

I also find your tone quite in conflict with this site's rules. It is quite rude.

Windows is complex, and the hardware people run Windows is also complex. Shit can be weird. For one, I had a problem with my Ryzen 5600 CPU and RX-5700XT video card combo. There is some kind of incompatibility between these two, and one that I only experienced in Windows, and only in a few specific games, and only in specific scenarios in those games. One such was looking up on the sky in Anno 1800, a strategy game. Look up the sky, and Windows reboots in one minute.

This experience is rare, evidenced by the many normal benchmarks and gameplays that exist with this, and similar combos. But other people also experienced it, such as this user:

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/xxrg3h/my_pc_rx_5...

I have since swapped my 5700 xt to a 6600 xt, and the issue went away. The new owner of the 5700 xt is also happy as a clam at high tide. I'd wager that maybe a few hundred of people experienced this at most.