Windows Audio Sucks Monkey Balls
There are two simple things that Windows should really be able to handle by now, but can't. (1) I have a Soundblaster card driving my external speakers, and a BitHead USB headphone amp for listening with cans. Switching between the two output devices involves going deep into Control Panel, then, when I finally switch devices (from speaker to headphones, say) I have to shut down the application I'm using, and restart it to get audio to "flip over". What's up with that? (2) I'd love to be able to set the audio level on an application by application basis - so that I can have Media Center playing in a window either muted or at low volume, while my browser is playing a video at full volume. How hard would that be? Amazing how poorly this works.
