Setting the PCM volume for me to 74[db gain=0.00, 0.00] solved it. It was actually changed to 100 by MPD.... well actually me... but through MPD... through an MPD client...
I got all gnome applications to leave my PCM volume alone and instead play with the Headphone's volume(which is not actually the headphones' ...), but it seems that a gimmix(a gnome MPD client) set it through MPD. (All MPD clients do it this way) Card: Intel ICH5 Chip: Analog Devices AD1981B -- Distorted sound after upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222192 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