Speaker Icon - Menubar

Is there any way to add a "open sound system preferences" button to quickly switch between the sound output devices just by pressing the speaker icon in the menubar instead of going the longer way to system preferences? I often switch between Soundsticks and headphones and wonder why this button for system prefs is missing. In the menubar there are also the icons for screens and network and energy and there is always a button that brings up the preferences with one click.

Hi,
Have you try check and uncheck "show volume in menu bar" under Sound in System Preferences?
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Right click in the task bar near the time display and you will get a pop up menu.
Click on properties. Under Notification Area Click Customize select Show icon and notifications
Under system icons to always show, check volume.
Click Apply.
Also, if you don't want inactive icons to be hidden, make sure that box is not checked.
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