ITunes 11 fine volume adjust

When playing iTunes through my stereo via Apple TV I find that "1" on the volume control is too loud.  If you switch to Apple TV via the Output tab in the Sound System Preference (via the Apple Menu) you can then use a combination of the iTunes volume control and the "System" volume control.  This allows for much finer adjustments in my stereo's output.  A drawback to this is that the sound from web videos will play on top of your music.  To avoid this, you can mute the video in the web browser.

It's not an icon, it's a preferance file in your Library, which has been hidden by default since Lion (to keep people from breaking stuff, I'm guessing).
To reveal it, open Finder and click Go from the task bar. Hold down Option on the keyboard to reveal the Library. You can now drag the Library icon into the Finder's sidebar to make it easily accessible in the future.
Now, in Library scroll down to Preferences and look for the file called com.apple.iTunes.plist
Delete com.apple.iTunes.plist (making sure iTunes is closed before you do).
Restart your computer. 
iTunes is now reset, and your volume should be back to normal.

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