Spotify is not only the most used streaming application in the world with a total of 345 million customers worldwide, it is also one of the most comprehensive when it comes to settings and options available.
A few days ago the company of Swedish origin announced that at the end of this year a new plan will arrive with Hi-Fi music with CD audio quality for all those who have been asking for an increase in the quality of music for years, just like many artists they record it directly in the studio.
However, Spotify already has a high quality option for Premium clients where it allows the playback of music at 320 kbps with a lower compression format compared to MP3, the problem is that many users with this configuration may not exploit it due to to another option that is activated by default on both mobile devices and computers.
Normalize the volume: a function that you should not have activated
One feature that even Spotify recommends deactivating to users looking for the highest quality in the service is “normalize volume”, which adjusts the level of the tracks so that they all sound “the same” and there are no volume jumps between. one track and another.
The advantage of this function is that you will not have to raise and lower the volume with different songs, since what Spotify does is achieve a medium level in which the tracks with the highest volume are the most affected because it is easier to level the volume at lower levels.
That is precisely the reason why those looking for the best possible quality will have their experience affected if they activate this function, since there are tracks that have been recorded at the highest volume for the purpose of the artist or the producer.
How to disable volume leveling?
This option must be disabled on each of the devices you use to listen to music. In the case of Android and iOS you must go to the settings by pressing on the gear icon located in the upper right part of the screen, scroll to the option of “Playback” and deactivate the option “Enable audio normalization”.
On PC or Mac you must also go to the application preferences and then go to the category of “Music quality” and deactivate the volume normalization.
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