Basically, your hardware is exposing crap dB information. PulseAudio tries to honor the existing dB info provided via the driver, which leads to this bad experience.
See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems/KarmicCaveats#Volume%20range%20anomalies ** Package changed: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) => alsa-driver (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- [Regression] wrong audio volume output stepping for USB speakers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569926 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
