Change vertical size of audio widget box in 2-column layout?

Question

The vertical size of this audio widget is just too big.
If I grab one of the square adjustment handles I can
drag it a little smaller, but that reduction always reverts
back to its prior size after I navigate away from the page
and return later.
The excessive size looks clunky.
Is there a way to change some internal code to make the
default vertical bounding box of an audio widget smaller?
I have no need to add text to the box.
Among other topics, I explain in a short video Intro how to play
the audio files in the Chapters that do contain audio.
I am forced to use a total of nine audio widgets in this one Chapter
because the audio widget stops playing if the user moves
to the following page before the current audio file finishes.
I wish Apple would fix the bug
that stops audio if the page gets flipped too fast.
(I have formally made that request)
Thanks.

Answer 1

I kept playing around with it and I think I've found a work-around that's good enough.
I reduced the bounding box both vertically and horizontally as much as possible using the adjustment handles and pushed it all the way to the left of the column.
Then in the "Wrap" section of the Inspector, set the Object Placement to "Anchored" and checked the far right icon (wrap only above or below) after activating  "Object causes wrap".
So far, a much smaller box that appears to withstand coming and going from different chapters and then back again.