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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
If you like high quality music, try one of these programs.
You've probably heard that so-called lossless formats like FLAC and ALAC provide improved audio performance over the ubiquitous MP3.
Pre-installed and almost all third-party players for Android and desktop OS support lossless by default. But the pre-installed Music player on Apple gadgets is limited to ALAC support.
If you download songs in FLAC format, you have to convert them to ALAC, which is inconvenient and time-consuming. But these players will let you listen to both MP3 and FLAC without any conversion.
1. VLC
A free player that also does not contain any ads. You can add music in several ways: from a computer via a USB or Wi-Fi connection, or from cloud drives like Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox. The player has simple instructions for each method.
In addition, VLC supports a variety of gestures that enhance the user experience. You can enable the most necessary ones and disable unnecessary ones in the settings. The app lacks options for structuring music, but it allows you to watch videos downloaded from your computer or from the Internet - a nice bonus for an iOS player.
2. Documents
Another completely free program. Documents is a hybrid of a file manager, browser and player. The application allows you to download music from cloud storage connected to it, a computer (via the "Shared Files" menu in iTunes), and even via a direct link to FLAC files from the Internet.
Since music playback is just one of the many features of Documents, it is not as detailed as in full-fledged players. For example, the program cannot sort tracks by artist or album. But in addition, you get powerful tools for working with a wide variety of types of documents.
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3. VOX
Stylish player with the ability to play music from your computer (FLAC files must be downloaded from the Shared Files menu in iTunes), SoundCloud and Spotify. You can also add files to VOX via the Share menu from any cloud service app. An equalizer with different presets is hidden in the program settings.
All of the above is available for free. By subscribing at a price of 349 rubles per month, you will also receive an unlimited VOX cloud for storing and downloading music, access to radio stations directly from the player, and other bonuses.
4. FLAC Player +
Immediately after launching FLAC Player +, the program offers two ways to download music: from a computer via Wi-Fi and from iCloud. Choosing the second, you can also use as a source not only Apple storage, but also any cloud drive, the client of which is installed on the device.
FLAC Player + makes it easy to organize your music by artist, playlists and albums - all the buttons you need are displayed in the main menu. Additional buttons include sorting by genre and composer, they can also be moved to the main menu. The app is available for free, but it shows ads. To turn it off, you need to pay 75 rubles.
5. Flacbox
Flacbox supports booting from all popular cloud drives, including Yandex. Disk, Dropbox, Mega and Google Drive. You can also add FLAC files to the player from a computer via USB (using the "Shared Files" item in iTunes) or Wi-Fi.
Otherwise, Flacbox offers all the features of a typical music player, from sorting music by artist, genre, and album to a built-in equalizer. Additional features include interchangeable interface themes and audio bookmarks that will appeal to fans of audiobooks. Flacbox contains ads that can be removed for 229 rubles.
Keep in mind that you can only unleash the potential of FLAC and ALAC with good audio equipment like headphones with a built-in DAC (digital-to-analog converter).
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