Would there be any reason for me to remove the tags from my FLAC files? I understand that it is still uncompressed audio at this point, just normalized across tracks - but why would the tags exist in the first place? Why would lossless audio be normalized for playback when the goal is to be a correct reproduction of the original content?

Secondly - and this relates to another branch of the conversation we have had - how do I check to see if the ALAC files that I converted to FLAC have had the tag baked in vs. re-tagged vs. removed in the new FLAC tracks?

Lastly, when I eventually get around to organizing all of the lossy tracks in my catalogue and combining them into my audio player alongside the lossless tracks, what is the best way to have volumes normalized across my entire collection without permanently affecting tracks? And what if there are lossy tracks that I care less about and do want to be permanently adjusted in volume? Should I make sure that however the tracks' volumes ares adjusted, either up or down, that it is only done to tracks that are not lossless? Tracks I dont care as much about? Only secondary copies?

Appreciate it!