#9387 NORM 1.5-F11: volume can go too low?

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#9387: volume can go too low?
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 Reporter:  dsd     |                 Owner:  dsaxena  
     Type:  defect  |                Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal  |             Milestone:  1.5-F11  
Component:  kernel  |               Version:  1.5-A1   
 Keywords:          |           Next_action:  never set
 Verified:  0       |   Deployment_affected:           
Blockedby:          |              Blocking:           
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 On my XO-1, the minimum volume that sugar sets is 10%. This works well, as
 things can be heard but only very softly. Putting the volume lower in
 alsamixer and you can barely hear anything. At 10%, alsamixer says the
 gain is -42dB

 On my 1.5-A1, if I put the gain at -42dB it does sound to be the same
 volume (although good headphones show that it's not quite the same).
 However this is already "43% loud" according to alsamixer, which lets you
 drop the gain all the way to -74dB. You can really hear nothing at these
 low volumes except with good headphones.

 Can we improve this? My desktop PC and laptop both behave the same as the
 XO-1, allowing me to go down to -46.50dB gain but no further.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9387>
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