Low volume in Realtek ALC 285 Ubuntu 22.04 for HP laptop

Question

My HP Pavilion laptop comes with Windows 10 and B&O ( Bang and Olufsen for sound ) pre-installed. While it is working fine in 21.10, the sound is barely audible even at 100%.

I have to use headphones to listen properly. It is manageable, yes. But it would be nice if I can get better sound/volume at 100%.

Is there any workaround possible? Every topic I see is about sound not working or sparkle in sound. Thanks.

Update 1:

I tried using ALSA tools based on another topic, but not sure how to use it for my model HP Pavilion -ec 2xxx model using Ryzen 5600 H and Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650. I am on 22.04 now.

Update 2:

Update 3:

Found this on searching ALC 285

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Realtek-ALC-215-285-289

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1857552

Update 4:

Tried Ubuntu 23.04 using Ventoy USB (live session). The low volume issue exists.

Update 5:

HDAJackRetask screenshot

Update 6 :

Tried 23.10 daily build yesterday using Ventoy. It has kernel 6.3. The sound issue was still there.

Answer 1

You could install pavucontrol, which has a GTK interface and is the most comprehensive graphical audio control I know of.

It has different tabs, which will lets you control any in or output device on your applications.

A level below the "pulse audio control" is a terminal app called alsamixer which also lets you control your sound:

Basically you can mute/unmute a channel and change the volume.

Update

Some more info about low volume is discussed here

Another discussion about B&O can be found on Ask Ubuntu

Answer 2

You can rightclick on the loudspeaker-symbol (or alt+d) and configure the volume. You can raise the Maximum volume there. See picture.

That's how it works for me ( HP Envy 17 B&O ) in Kubuntu 20.04. I guess it will work the same in Ubuntu 21.10, but since I don't run that OS I'm not sure.

If that doesn't work the same, go to system-setting--->audio. see picture .