Had this problem when I got stuff mastered

Had two tracks full of dyanamic, lovely warm bit of bass in there and nice rounded full sound. This really came out in the mastering as well - good full bodied rounded sound that held its form even when you cranked it right up.

Problem was that it was noticeably quiter than most other commercial tracks. So I had get it remastered and push it a bit harder, which gave it more volume and bite but lost some of the polished fullness.

Shit state of affairs, but I though it was more important to have a track that would work on the floor and fit comfortably with other tracks than standalone and protect the audio quality but risk sounding quiet in the middle of a set.