Hi, Paul. On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 12:58:16PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> wrote: > > 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 > How are you playing the CDs? > I think there are 2 basic ways, either software (reading the data from > the disc and playing it), or via line-in (software simply issues > "play" command to the drive which outputs via the audio cable, or some > drives even have audio controls on the front panel). The CD is being read as data and converted to something which is fed to the sound chip. > If the former, the volume should be the same as if you play an MP3, for > example. Could you suggest a good program to play MP3 files, please > If the latter, maybe you need to find the inputs in alsamixer and > boost them, if possible. Yes, one of my alsamixer controls was too low. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
