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Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control

jamesbvaughan.com published 2024-07-247 min read

I got some fancy new speakers last week. They’re powered speakers and they have streaming service integrations built in, unlike the 35-year-old passive speakers I’m upgrading from. Overall they’re great! But they’re so loud that it’s difficult to make small volume adjustments within the range of safe volume levels for…

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