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 ) id 1RM3mD-0003vW-6k for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:20:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1202121C072; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DB0A21C072 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:19:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAE8B1B401E for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:19:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -4.009 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.009 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.217, BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.504, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL=0.01] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ijX4L8lJkwGd for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:19:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01D81B401C for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:19:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RM3kf-0005a8-TN for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:19:05 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:19:05 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:19:05 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn my audio up? Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:18:54 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20111103172622.GA2788@acm.acm> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 888cb5e9-68ff-4ff4-8a96-d60e7fb27939 X-Archives-Hash: 00625525fe64709a51e2261a70d1a042 On 2011-11-03, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > 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. The easiest answer seems to be to get an audio card (or USB dongle) that has a real line-level output rather than just a headphone-level output. Some amplified speakers need more signal than others, and many on-board audio outputs are utter crap. A friend of mine had some _nice_ Bose computer speakers plugged into her green "audio out" jack. You had to turn all the volumes up to 11 to hear much, and it sounded awful. I plugged in a $20 USB audio out dongle with a real line-level output, and now it sounds great. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Are we live or on at tape? gmail.com