Spotify has a range of dedicated audio settings to improve your sound quality based on your environment, music style, connection, and more. Here’s how to get the most out of it.
Regardless of your musical tastes, the sound quality you listen to every day can be better. And with a simple tweak of a few settings in Spotify, your ears will thank you. Spotify is one of the best music streaming services due to its catalog, apps, features and settings. For example, it is very easy to adjust the sound quality.
How to adjust the base volume in Spotify
The concept of volume is very easy to understand, but did you know that Spotify lets you adjust the app’s baseline volume to suit your environment?
Here’s how:
- Open the Spotify app.
- Tap the gear icon in the top right corner.
- Click on the “Playback”option at the top of the menu.
- Scroll down to see Audio Level.
- There, in the drop-down menu, there are three options: “Loud”, “Normal”and “Mute”.
If you are in a quiet area, Quiet is the best option. If you play sports in a noisy place, Fort is more suitable for you. Be careful, Spotify warns that audio quality may degrade at this level.
If you are using the Spotify app on Mac, the process is slightly different.:
- Open Spotify.
- Click on Spotify in the menu bar at the very top of the screen.
- Select “Settings”.
- Scroll down until you see “Sound Quality”, you should see “Volume Level”.
- Click the drop-down menu on the right and select Loud, Normal, and Silent.
How to Set Up the Spotify Equalizer
Whether you prefer to adjust bass and treble for each song, or set an audio profile that suits you perfectly, you can work directly with the equalizer. By defining everything manually or choosing a predefined profile.
- Open Spotify.
- Tap the gear icon to access settings.
- Click on the playback option.
- Scroll down until you see Equalizer.
The equalizer will appear with all preset controls and profiles.
At the top of the screen is a manual equalizer slider. This is a line chart with six points. By default, the line should be horizontal.
Each point on the graph can be adjusted to emphasize these frequencies more or less. Bass on the far left. Okay, high frequencies. Middle frequencies. You can customize everything however you want.
Below is a manual equalizer, gender equalizers. You can select a profile for that genre depending on what you’re listening to, and the app will automatically adjust the values ββto optimize audio playback for your style. Once a preset profile has been selected, you can fine-tune further manually.
To reset the equalizer, you can use a profile called Flat. The line will become horizontal again.
Unfortunately, the Mac version of Spotify does not have an equalizer. You will need to go through a third party app to use it.
How to Adjust Stream Quality in Spotify
You can also adjust the quality of the stream itself. This is handy if you’re working with data and don’t want to get too deep into your plan. As audio quality decreases, less data is used.
- Open the Spotify app.
- Tap the gear icon to open settings.
- Scroll down and tap Sound Quality.
- In the Wi-Fi and Cellular section, you can choose from Low, Normal, High, or Automatic. The Automatic setting adjusts the sound quality according to the signal strength of the connection. Spotify Premium subscribers additionally get the “Very High”option.
To change sound quality on Mac:
- Open Spotify.
- Click on Spotify in the menu bar at the very top of the screen.
- Select “Settings”.
- Scroll down to Sound Quality.
- In the Wi-Fi and Cellular section, you can choose from Low, Normal, High, or Automatic. The Automatic setting adjusts the sound quality according to the signal strength of the connection. Spotify Premium subscribers additionally get the “Very High”option.