Re: Setting to allow volume above 100%

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 08:23:55AM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:52 AM, Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:59:24AM +0200, Gabriel Rossetti wrote:
> > > Excuse me if I may, but the "fix" is a workaround, a bit like
> > > Macbooks
> > > overheating when you close the lid so the forced the laptop to
> > > go to sleep
> > > so it cannot overheat. The reality is not all machines behave
> > > the same.
> >
> > 100% should be the maximum. The problem is elsewhere. Hardware/driver
> > doesn't correctly report what the 100% is. That's why you have 150%
> > settings.
>
> But on many machines 100% is not full volume. I have several
> Thinkpads and they all need to be controlled above 100% for
> sufficient volume. Why have the slider go further at all if 100%
> should be the maximum?

Please read what I responded to.

That asserted that any distortions should be fixed as that is the root
cause. The 150% is a workaround for bad hardware. So distortions is not
a root cause.

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Regards,
Olav