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The YouTube Equalizer Problem: One Curve Cannot Fit Every Tab
A curve that rescues a quiet lecture ruins a mastered album. If you keep adjusting the same equalizer every time you switch tabs, the problem is not the curve — it is that you only have one. Here is how per-site audio profiles fix it.
Loudness Levelling: Why Dialogue Is Quiet, Ads Are Loud, and Volume Cannot Fix It
You turn it up to hear the dialogue, then an advert nearly takes your head off. No volume setting is right for both, because the problem is the distance between them. Here is what loudness levelling actually does, and how it differs from an equalizer.
How to Boost Volume in Chrome Beyond 100% — Without Wrecking the Sound
Your system volume is maxed and the video is still too quiet. Here is how browser volume boosting actually works, how to push a tab past 100% without turning it to mush, and how to tell a safe volume booster extension from one you should not install.