I have terrible hearing (plus age) and I still find most devices have uselessly coarse AND loud volume levels. I almost never exceed the first 2-3 'clicks' unle

I have terrible hearing (plus age) and I still find most devices have uselessly coarse AND loud volume levels. I almost never exceed the first 2-3 'clicks' unless I want to wake my neighbors. Worst offenders are cheap monitor and/or laptop builtin speakers. I remember one where out of 15 avalable clicks, level 2 was already unbearably loud. When PulseAudio added "absolute volume control" support, I found out it would sometimes fake in extra clicks in which the actual volume would NOT change, but gave the impression of granularity. Wonders of HDA & usb audio...