Simeras t1_jcasx7i wrote on March 15, 2023 at 2:50 PM

Check if Spotify does not do normalizing and auto quality adjusting. Normalize on Spotify does weird things to audio. WASAPI bypasses Windows mixer and in theory is bit-perfect. But it might cause unwanted behavior with other audio streams (them not playing properly).

TheOne92 OP t1_jcatb4q wrote on March 15, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Omg yes!!! That must be it! Normalize volume was enabled on spotify, after disabling it the volume is pretty much on par with Qobuz. Thank you lol!

Simeras t1_jcauc5j wrote on March 15, 2023 at 2:59 PM

You're in for a new experience. :) The last time I tried Normalize on Spotify - it totally messed up dynamic range and made everything sound awful.

eckru t1_jccvuv2 wrote on March 15, 2023 at 10:39 PM

> The last time I tried Normalize on Spotify - it totally messed up dynamic range and made everything sound awful.

That must have been quite some time ago, Spotify has been doing normalization properly for over a year now - https://artists.spotify.com/en/help/article/loudness-normalization

TheOne92 OP t1_jcaveed wrote on March 15, 2023 at 3:06 PM

I must‘ve used Spotify with that setting for all those years… damnit lol!

Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_jcb82to wrote on March 15, 2023 at 4:26 PM

Well that's interesting, I also used it with the normalized setting. I for sure got used to it but will check it with it turned off.

Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_jcb8uqx wrote on March 15, 2023 at 4:30 PM

u/Simeras for president!