Just recovering for a major lighting strike that had my radio/antenna/computer network stuff wiped out ( yes, everything was grounded ). I'm using a different computer now (Vista SP2 ) and seems to be working OK. On the old system, I was using some sort of VU meter ( err vertical bar graph ) for levels that seemed to work pretty good. All that's gone now. Anyways, how does one know if you're putting out too high an audio level over the net? The audio system in the computer is a RealTek HD and has some bar graphs in the program to show some relative levels of audio. How does that translate into proper levels going over the net? I don't want to overdrive the system. I was hoping for something a little more scientific than "by ear". Any thoughts appreciated.