Headphones not loud as they were on windows

the title sums it up really good i use the g450 wireless by logitech and they still sound fine when i connect them to my phone but not on pc ,any fixes?

I’d double check all the volume levels. How, I’ll let you guess because I don’t even know what DE you are running (no inxi) and I know only Sway anyways. Here it uses pavucontrol for that, I don’t know if it’s the same on the others (maybe not). Volume can be set for the outputs and also for individual applications. Also, sliders go from 0% to 150%, which makes me think, maybe it’s just a matter of different “opinions” on what 100% is, or one is just set too low. This seems to confirm it as a possibility: audio - My Logitech G35 headphones aren't very loud on Linux (fedora 14) why? - Super User (and it’s a good idea to also check with alsamixer).
Also there are dozen threads about this, see if this one helps https://www.reddit.com/r/LogitechG/comments/t5te8f/comment/i0mnpj5/ (the linked .pdf, 100dB/85dB)
linux logitech g435 at DuckDuckGo
In the future please, post that lovely inxi.
And finally, happy New Year!

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about the 150% yea i tried it and the sounds becomes very low quality

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thanks and happy new year to you too!

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@Samuray198 2 things you can try
1:- JamesDsp. It can download a database for your brand of headphone. Even without the database things can go quite loud.
2:- Install Easyeffects, again you can play with it and achieve decent volumes.

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Just a caution for others reading this thread, pushing your audio volume past 100% can cause serious issues. This can cause audio distortion that when played at a high enough volume can damage/blow speakers connected to your computer.

To be safe never exceed 100% volume even if the option is present on your system.

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