QUOTE(/\/ephaestous @ Apr 1 2003 - 01:09 AM)
perhaps you could download small mp3 samples for each song using WinMX or something like that and adjust the gain until it's as loud as the downloaded portion of the file, then delete the 128Kb Xing Mp3s you d/loaded.
Hm, that seems like a not so good idea. As i just posted
here, there's an encoding error, which leads to gain changes. This could accumulate to a full 1.5 dB step, with a low-quality encode... and don't forget your "ear error".

Also, many files you find on the net are crap... some are even recorded from the TV or radio.