I prefer to let it turned off, i dont feel the need to use it. the loudness level difference between tracks is really minor to me. i cant recall being surprised by a big change of loudness from one track to another but i know that it can happen sometimes, i guess im just lucky.

all good :) you seem to know much more than me on that subject, i was just sharing what most people are saying about it if i googled * spotify normalize volume *, results seems to point towards turning it off to have better sound quality most of the time on reddit and head-fi.

The * normalize volume * should be set to off to get the best quality out of spotify.

using the normalize volume setting is not great for the dynamic range.

Another thing i find strange is that you say that youtube sounds louder, im a bit confuse by that, if i dont touch the volume and i compare the same songs between youtube and spotify, spotify is louder for sure. I would guess that the normalize volume setting has probably something to do with that, or another setting maybe.

the high freqs on youtube are less defined and clear than on spotify so the sound on youtube is in other words... warmer/smoother. Since its smoother, you probably can turn up the volume a bit more resulting in a wider stage, simple as that.

thats my observation when i compared the same songs between spotify premium and * regular* youtube music videos of them

i do use youtube to listen to music sometimes when i want to relax late at night (: even if i can have higher quality on spotify.

All amps sounds the same unless its broken.. is that what you said? how ignorant can you be? ... thats just stupid. the worst is that, this * idea * really seems to be praised, its really sad. i will always give the benefit of the doubt for cables and burn-in but your last sentence is just plain stupidity or ignorance.. i dont know mate.

im sorry, i dont really want to say bad things but i hate seeing that ... the more people that say shit like that, the more people that will believe it ..