External subwoofer not working on Asus n55sf notebook

The external subwoofer that comes with the notebook -- which has a proprietary audio jack connection -- doesn't seem to work. 
While based on a web search I'm not certain anyone has got the subwoofer working reliably, the following Ubuntu bug thread suggests there is at least one other Arch user who has got the subwoofer working for a while (at least until the upgrade to Kernel 3.1). 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/871808
Does anyone have any ideas how I can get it working?  I've tried all the possible solutions suggested in the bug.  The hda_analyzer codec tweaks don't work for me. My system is up to date. I'm running Gnome 3, alsa and pulseaudio.
The output of my alsa-info.sh is http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=4777d … af41b8d3bb
Perhaps I need to file a bug with the alsa project?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

A further update:
My sound chip is a Realtek ALC663.  I've tried to setting the model version in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf using the following statement
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-6ch-dig
Models are specified for the ALC663 chip at http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Document … Models.txt.  I have tried the following models:
3stack-dig     3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
3stack-6ch     3-stack (6-channel)
3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
5stack-dig     5-stack with SPDIF
g50v                ASUS G50V
asus-mode1    ASUS
asus-mode2    ASUS
asus-mode8    ASUS
dell-zm1            Dell ZM1 with ALC272
auto                auto-config reading BIOS (default)
I can get the subwoofer working under some of these configurations but that typically means selecting surround sound and having missing channels (I think the laptop has a left front and a right front channel and the external subwoofer, not a front centre or any rear speakers).  Typically, the subwoofer, when working is linked to the right channel, so it would appear that the right channel is output through the subwoofer and the left channel through the front speakers. 
I think I need to file a bug with ALSA project and hope that support for my laptop can be included in a future release of ALSA.

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