Finer sound volume setting?

Hi everyone,
I'm finally annoyed to a level where I turn to you. For years I used my Harman/Kardon Sound Sticks (the older ones with USB) with several PPC-Macs and today with my MacBook Pro. Ever since switching to OS X my Sound Sticks were a lot louder than under OS 9 back in the days and I finally want to change that! In OS X the sound volume I get with just 1 bar equals several bars in OS 9...
Since these older USB-speakers do not have volume controls builtin I'm in need of a software solution: I need a finer control over their volume since even 1 bar of system sound volume (via keyboard) is too loud. I know that you can get lower volume by using the mouse and the volume fader in System Preferences, but even the lowest possible setting before absolute silence kicks in is too loud for me.
Plist editing and other "experienced" user stuff is extremely welcome...
Thanks a lot!
Björn
MacBook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   30" ACD

Hi Björn
I'm sorry I don't have a solution for you. I agree it is annoying, as I too experience this problem when using headphones/earphones. I have to adjust the volume output of each application accordingly.
Matthew Whiting

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