I think auto-normalization should be toggle-able so-as not to annoy users who prefer to fine-tune by hand. I ripped my entire collection (vinyl, too) some time ago ... as my laptop has a whopping 25GB drive in it (which still doesn't hold enough) and I travel a lot. I did, indeed, normalize the whole lot of them as I went. However, this won't be a workable solution as downloadable MP3s pick up speed and people swap MP3s like they used to swap CD's and tapes...

Bleys

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