1. lets find the output sources we have.
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Headset [Logitech USB Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
2. Now we know the card# and device#. I want to use Logitech as my default output source so let me test it by outputting the stream to that source by running below command.
aplay -D plughw:0,0 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Right.wav #0,0 is card 0, device 0 for Logitech
3. Determine the index of the above source by running below command.
pacmd list-sinks | less # don't run this command as root as you will not find any source. For me it was 4
4. Lets append following 2 lines in /etc/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,0 #0,0 is card 0, device 0 for Logitech
set-default-sink 4 #4 is the index of the source i got from step 3
5. Restart the computer and you will have your sound fixed.
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[source - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#Defaulting_an_Analog_Output_Source]
