Lenovo X220 and low volume [specially in Linux]

Hi everybody,
i've googled this issue and found it affects other users, but didn't find any solution.
Problem is the audio level of my Lenovo X220 is very low, in the sense that there must be zero noise in the room to be able to hear the sound. I found the same happens in Windows, but in that case there's a workaround using some setting from the Control Panel.
I am on Chakra-Linux (but I had the same problem in Opensuse) and use pulseaudio (but the same occurred even before i switched to it).
Any suggestion? Thanks!
Paolo

I use VLC media player, which allows me to boost the volume beyond the 100% listed level. I believe that when I was using an Xseries, I had pulseaudio installed at the same time as VLC.
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