Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ Volume Settings?

I’ll also add that I was using a this purely as a DAC with bypass set into an integrated amp, but have since shifted to a preamp/amp setup.

Amp is a Amp+ and speakers are Zu DW.

I always kept the volume control on my Brooklyn Bridge in bypass mode. I just used the volume control on my integrated or the volume controls on the various streaming sites I haunted... And yes, I am speaking about my Brooklyn Bridge in the past tense. The thing just went black yesterday, after a couple days worth of glitchiness.  Just after the warranty ran out...not that anybody was thinking about honoring it. I'm now reduced to streaming from my laptop, plugging the laptop's headphone jack into the aux input of my amp. I loved that component, too!