Altering volume up & down affects stereo balance

[mj-crabtree]

Distribution:

NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="22.04 LTS"
ID=pop
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy
LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os

Related Application and/or Package Version:

pipewire:
  Installed: 0.3.50-1pop1~1650897132~22.04~6b072d5
  Candidate: 0.3.50-1pop1~1650897132~22.04~6b072d5
  Version table:
 *** 0.3.50-1pop1~1650897132~22.04~6b072d5 1001
       1001 http://apt.pop-os.org/release jammy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.3.48-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 

alsa-base:
  Installed: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu7
  Candidate: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu7
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu7 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Issue/Bug Description:

Altering the system volume out intermittently affects the stereo balance. Click here for a .gif demonstrating the issue.

Steps to reproduce:

$ amixer -D pipewire sset Master 100-,100-
$ amixer -D pipewire sset Master 100+,100+

Expected behavior:
Volume increases and decreases while maintaining desired stereo configuration

Other Notes:
Issue presented upon installation of 22.04 LTS

[linuxgnuru]

Is what you are experiencing similar to this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ManjaroLinux/comments/mim2u9/pipewire_volume_increase_lead_to_unbalanced/

Do you have an external display connected while running the amixer commands?

[mj-crabtree]

Is what you are experiencing similar to this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ManjaroLinux/comments/mim2u9/pipewire_volume_increase_lead_to_unbalanced/

Do you have an external display connected while running the amixer commands?

Yes, I have two displays connected to the computer - a desktop - both of which are connected via DisplayPort.