From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-130540-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1RM19r-0002E1-72 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:32:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A7DE21C085; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:32:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (colin.muc.de [193.149.48.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E6E321C026 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 42813 invoked by uid 3782); 3 Nov 2011 17:31:25 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (pD951A0E2.dip.t-dialin.net [217.81.160.226]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:31:24 +0100 Received: (qmail 2869 invoked by uid 1000); 3 Nov 2011 17:26:22 -0000 Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:26:22 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] How do I turn my audio up? Message-ID: <20111103172622.GA2788@acm.acm> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: fb4ed2c7-66e9-4ad3-8545-c65c5e5e1c8f X-Archives-Hash: 933c9ae40d75414452919fadef0f50fa Hi, Gentoo! On my PC's audio, whilst playing CDs, with all volume settings maxed out, the volume can't be said to be louder than "comfortable and sensible". In quiet passages, the music gets drowned out by the noise of the power supply. I know from plugging in my iPod that the loudspeakers are capable of much more. The three volume controls up at full are (i) the one in aqualung; (ii) the one in alsamixer; (iii) the physical control on the right speaker. Surely I can get more volume, somehow. Could somebody please suggest how. TIA -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).