I am not a PA expert, but I guess you need to set the sink instead of source.
I am not sure I fully understand your second question, but output volume should remain the same. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654448 Title: XPS 13 9360 and 9350, Realtek ALC3246, Headphone audio hiss To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-sputnik/+bug/1654448/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs