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ELI5: why do many stereo receivers display their volume "backwards" (where zero is the loudest)?
gpt
Because the volume knob is not an "increase the sound" knob, it's a "decrease the sound" knob. The zero point is the spot where the amplifier is "normal", believe it or not. Everything below that is called attenuation which is a fancy word for "reduce the signal". Anything above zero will be distorted.