Here is a more specific example.  The volume range in our van and tractor is 1-50.  For Spotify a comfortable listening range is 20-25.  On AC central it’s 45-50.  If I turn on Spotify after listening to something in AC central the volume level is enough to hurt the ear, while I can’t get AC central to even uncomfortable levels.

Interesting, thanks for sharing that I can fix this by unlocking my phone and pausing in the player, I tried that and was able to resume my spot without issue after closing the app.  It does make me wonder how Spotify, etc get around this problem?

I am using apple iPhone SE third generation.  My husband uses a Samsung S series that’s pretty new.  I should clarify after some experimentation that the speaker is usually ok, except for streaming live services, then it’s often not as loud as it could be.  The issue seems to be more when listening on bluetooth.  In our Kia van, a Case IH tractor, and our two different Bluetooth headsets we struggle to get the volume high enough.  The general conference recordings are good recent example of this.  I can turn up the volume on my phone speaker and it will be loud enough across the house, but if I wear my Bluetooth on the highest volume it’s  ok if all is quiet in the house but the slightest other noise will overwhelm the audio feed and make it difficult to understand.  I understand that our Bluetooth headsets may suppress volume for safety reasons but it doesn’t track that casting to a vehicle or tractor speaker system should have the same issue?  We don’t have this problem while using Spotify, Apple Music or other audio platforms.

Forgot to add that I use the apple version of the app but my husband uses android and has the same problem

Forgot to add that I use the apple version of the app but my husband uses android and has the same problem