It has to be fixed in 18.04 first. And after that it may get backported to 17.10 only if people can confirm the fix is helping them. I would love to get feedback from more users on that -- it seemed to not make any difference for me when I tried it.
Bionic users will have the fix soon at least: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/1:11.1-1ubuntu3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732629 Title: Selecting USB Amp/Dac audio output in gnome sound does nothing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1732629/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs