Pretty self-explanatory title.

david@david-K53E ~ $ lspci | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)

david@david-K53E ~ $ lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 53248 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 86016 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 77824 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 40960 5
snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core 73728 5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 106496 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 32768 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 69632 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 32768 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 81920 20 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_cod ec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
soundcore 16384 1 snd

david@david-K53E ~ $ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Not really sure how to read or change these. I saw them in another thread and wanted to save time because I figured this was of interest in solving this problem.

Thanks in advance!

Try running alsamixer from the command line and check that the Speaker volume is up at 100%. Report here on all the values listed.

Ok, thanks. That looks good to my untrained eye.

Have you gone into Mint's audio settings (Settings->Hardware->Sound) to see if the Output is set up correctly to Speakers?

Mint uses Pulse Audio, which sits on top of alsa. Install pavucontrol (the Pulse Audio mixer) and check the settings in it. It's in the repos.