The volume control is applied in the analog domain, not digital. Crossovers, tone control, channel trims, channel delays, and AV sync are all digital domain. In most cases, analog signals are converted to digital, but not always. Bypass mode is supposed to preserve the analog signal all the way through, although some users are reporting behavior that makes them question if that is operating as intended.
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