[lug] Bad audio quality in Linux?

[Ken Kinder]

Recently I thought my ampliphied speakers were dying. Then, I rebooted
to Windows and they seemed great. I think Linux might be outputting
too much bass or over-amplifying in the software. Is there any way to
control that? There's no output gain setting in the mixer for this
card.

Here's my card:

0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation
82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)