Low volume level with Soundsticks II Harman Kardon Speakers

This speaker symptom cannot possibly be an Ubuntu/Linux issue. According to http://www.harmankardon.com/faq/showfaq.aspx?Region=USA&Country=US&Language=ENG&lstProduct=SOUNDSTICKSII , these speakers use a normal analog output.

What you really should be asking is whether your _sound card_ is configured properly. Are the levels increased properly? Please read http://www.linux-sound.info/alsa/index.php?task=support and tell me the URL of the paste generated by the script linked from that page.

Dear Mr. Daniel T Chen,

It seems that if I connect the speakers and put the plug in the socket prior
to system start-up, they do work like they are supposed to. Nevertheless, I
have attached the output of
http://www.linux-sound.info/alsa/index.php?task=support .

Thank you very much for your kind help.

With kind regards,

Jonathan

On 5/13/07, Daniel T Chen <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> This speaker symptom cannot possibly be an Ubuntu/Linux issue.
> According to
>
> http://www.harmankardon.com/faq/showfaq.aspx?Region=USA&Country=US&Language=ENG&lstProduct=SOUNDSTICKSII
> , these speakers use a normal analog output.
>
> What you really should be asking is whether your _sound card_ is
> configured properly. Are the levels increased properly? Please read
> http://www.linux-sound.info/alsa/index.php?task=support and tell me the
> URL of the paste generated by the script linked from that page.
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Audio Team
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> Low volume level with Soundsticks II Harman Kardon Speakers
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114372
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

ALSA Information Script v 0.4

Kernel Version
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2.6.20-gentoo

Linux fallen 2.6.20-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 15 02:46:07 EST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

ALSA Version
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Driver version: 1.0.14rc2
Library version: 1.0.14rc2
Utilities version: 1.0.14rc2

Loaded ALSA modules
-------------------

snd_emu10k1
snd_cmipci
snd_usb_audio

Soundcards recognised by ALSA
-----------------------------

 0 [Live ]: EMU10K1 - SBLive 5.1 [SB0060]
                      SBLive 5.1 [SB0060] (rev.7, serial:0x80611102) at 0x9400, irq 17
 1 [CMI8738MC8 ]: CMI8738-MC8 - C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC8
                      C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC8 (model 68) at 0x9c00, irq 16
 2 [PCM2702 ]: USB-Audio - Burr-Brown Japan PCM2702
                      Burr-Brown Japan Burr-Brown Japan PCM2702 at usb-0000:00:1d.2-2, full speed

PCI Soundcards installed in the system
--------------------------------------

02:02.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
02:02.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
02:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)

Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device ID's
---------------------------------------------

Vendor id: 1102
Device id: 0002
Needed module: snd_emu10k1

Vendor id: 13f6
Device id: 0111
Needed module: snd_cmipci

Amixer output
-------------

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone LFE',1
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Si...

In Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS Dapper Drake, the speakers work like they are supposed to. However, in the newer Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, the speakers are significantly softer.

Is this still an issue for you?

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