I'm not sure this is such a bad thing that Tidal started doing this last year. This gives Tidal listeners a better listening experience via streaming by applying their "album normalization" thereby helping to quash the Loudness Wars that historically have occurred during mastering. I feel this benefit outweighs individual complaints incurred when toggling between system component sources; the streaming experience is better and I don't think we should expect Tidal to be focused on anything beyond that. This is just my opinion, and like you say, there is a very easy disabling toggle in the app.
Tidal loudness normalization
I am listening back and forth this morning between streaming via Tidal and cd playback. One thing I keyed on was the Tidal stream lacked dynamic contrast compared to cd.
I did a little search to find out if Tidal is messing with things. I find the answer is “yes they are”. There is a feature called “loudness normalization “ in your Tidal app that is automatically engaged unless you turn it off. Check your settings.
To do so in your Tidal app, click the heart shaped “my collection “ @ bottom right, then click the gear wheel top right. You will then see the screen and button to disable/enable loudness normalization.
Let’s see who likes one vs the other.
I did a little search to find out if Tidal is messing with things. I find the answer is “yes they are”. There is a feature called “loudness normalization “ in your Tidal app that is automatically engaged unless you turn it off. Check your settings.
To do so in your Tidal app, click the heart shaped “my collection “ @ bottom right, then click the gear wheel top right. You will then see the screen and button to disable/enable loudness normalization.
Let’s see who likes one vs the other.
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