Hi, I am experiencing the problem described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/598308 (I am the last comment). Could anyone point me to documentation that may help me workaround/solve this issue? I am using pulseaudio in my car pc - and having it at these high levels in my small car (not to mention waking up the neighborhood) isn't really desirable. I have been searching for an answer on this for awhile - and the only things I have seen applicable are "flat volumes" (which is set to "no") and possibly setting pulseaudio to only change PCM - which I am hesitant to do as I like the control presented by pulseaudio for controling my 4.1 system. BTW: once I get sound levels under control - things sound really good... Thanks in advanced, Nasa