digital volume control

I have a system that has four volume controls in the signal chain and I'm wondering how to set them. My system: Win 11 PC -> Foobar2000 (music file player) -> Dirac Live on PC -> DAC -> analog preamp -> power amp -> speakers The four volume controls are: 1 - Windows OS volume control 2 -...

My streaming rig comprises Roon into a Chord Qutest, then straight to my power amp. I’m able to apply digital volume control within Roon, but I’ve noticed when playing back DSD Roon will convert to apply the volume change , thus pure DSD is not sent to the DAC. The output of the DAC, even after...