Usually this is an issue with the PCM (hardware) sound settings being set to minimum or too low. Go into your audio preferences (right click on the audio icon in your top menu bar) and make sure that the PCM output is set to max, and your "master" volume is set to something reasonable, like in the middle of the range.
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