Enabling USB Headset

I am using ALSA and have setup the sound for my system (using the Arch ALSA page).
Everything works when I plug my headphones into the Jacks.
I am no trying to enable my Logitech USB headset.
The usb_audio drivers are loaded and I have set the headset as the default device using both asoundconf and by putting this in my .asoundrc (from official ALSA guide):
defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.timer.card 1
Both approaches result in nothing comes out of my headset. The volume is non-muted in alsamixer (for both my sound card and the usb headset).
aplay -l :
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Headset [Logitech G330 Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Is there something I'm missing here?
Thanks
Edit:
I've messed around a little with asoundconf and I can get sound coming from my USB headset when I use 'aplay'. However, when I use mplayer the sound still comes out of the jack and not the USB headphone. Does asoundconf not set system wide defaults? If not, how can I set the system wide default for this machine?
Edit Again:
The -ao alsa option to mplayer did the trick.. e.g
$ mplayer -ao alsa /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Left.wav
Edit Once More:
Sound only comes through the left channel. Oh no.
/em goes off to read .asoundrc documentation
edit.edit:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51527
Seems related, but I don't know where to find the options mentioned in alsamixer.
Last edited by clanger (2010-01-11 16:45:00)

Yes, I tried Side_Right and it still comes out of the left channel. Flash and mplayer both still have this problem. As far as I can tell it effects every program using sound on the system.
Still not found a solution, don't really want to go down the OSS or Pulse route.

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