Re: speaker-headset volume balance

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 01:35:20PM +0100, Michael wrote:
> Haines,
> 
> > I'm running Jessie on a Thinkpad x250. When playing a DVD, I find the
> > speaker volume lower than I like and headphone at an intolerable high
> > level. If I bring volume down with pavucontrol or with the keyboard
> > volume controls, it is too low in the speakers. How do I increase
> > speaker volume while decreasing heatphone volume?
> > 
> > Haines Brown
>

> You can try alsamixergui (or any other alsa mixer) and hopefully see
> separate channels for those two (it's probably a long list of
> channels, scroll left and rught!). I'm not sure if the alsa settings
> are preserved to next boot but there should be support for this in the
> OS.

I was going to reply to the thread my discovery that the main problem
was my super-sensitive Sony ear buds. When I used another set, the
earphone volume was similar to that of the speakers. Headphone is muted
in alsamixer.