What is the best music player for Mac?
Though iTunes wiped out the need for competition when it was
introduced, there seems to have been an explosion lately in "audiophile"
music players for Mac OS X, because it has become a huge, multimedia
and store program, leaving many people wanting something simpler.
Currently, there are a lot of music player tools available in the
market. For user's reference, here lists the top music players for Mac
OS X, along with their basic information.
Mac Blu-ray Player (Commercial)
An kind of all-in-one Mac media player software which supports all
the popular video(*.3gp, *.amv, *.asf, *.avi, *.divx, *.dv, *.f4v,
*.flv, *.iso, *.m2t, *.m2ts, *.m4v, *.mkv, *.mov, *.mp2, *.mp4, *.mpg,
*.mts, *.mtv, *.mxf, *.rm, *.rmvb, *.tod, *.ts, *.vob, *.vro, *.webm,
*.wmv, etc.) and audio formats(*.aac, *.ac3, *.aif, *.aiff, *.amr,
*.ape, *.cda, *.dts, *.flac, *.m4a, *.mka, *.m4p, *.mp3, *.oga, *.ogg,
*.wav, *.wma, etc.) as well as Blu-ray(watermarked for the unpaid
version), Blu-ray ISO, DVD movies and Video CD, etc. What's more, the
built-in DTS5.1 technology will provide you stereo outputs .
Free download Mac Blu-ray Player:
http://www.macblurayplayer.com/user/download/Mac_Bluray_Player.dmg
Amarra by Sonic Studio (Commercial)
Classified into three flavours: Amarra, Amarra Mini and Amarra Junior
with varying features and prices, the player software basically acts as
an attachment to iTunes and utilizes some fancy iZotope resampling
software for the ultimate playback experience. However, the license
either requires an iLok USB key or the software is locked to a single
computer which can't be transferred.
Audirvana (Free, Open Source)
The first player offers a window that looks like a piece of hi-fi
gear, offering device "hog mode" and up-sampling for free. However, its
feature list is fairly basic now.
BitPerfect (Commercial)
Integrating with iTunes, this software sits in your menu bar and
feeds music via Integer Mode to your DAC. Great if you want a simple and
cheap solution while still using iTunes.
Clementine Player (Free and Open Source based on Amarok 1.4)
This multi-platform player is more of a music organizer than
anything, with features geared in that direction, rather than having any
audiophile settings. Its user interface is faster because it is
Qt-based instead of Java-based.
Decibel by Steven F Booth (Commercial)
A basic, high-quality music player, which was previously called
"AyreWave" in conjunction with Ayre, now dropped any association with
them and has been renamed Decibel. The software itself allows one-click
importing from files selected in the Finder or iTunes, "hog mode".
Ecoute by PixiApps (Commercial)
It is a kind of more attractive music player with iTunes integration,
including song rating and metadata support. It is designed for people
who want a slick, theme-able one-window interface and want to share
their listening habits on Twitter, Facebook or LastFM. What's more, it
supports Apple remote control. However, this pretty add-on will require
some cash.
Fidelia by Audiophile Engineering (Commercial)
A more classy media player than Audirvana, which offers a main window
that looks like a piece of high-end hi-fi gear, with the ability to
play music directly from iTunes playlists without iTunes running. It
comes with an array of on-the-fly re-sampling methods and remote control
software for the iPhone and iPod Touch available in the App Store.
Play by Steven F Booth (Free)
This free package is almost the only alternative to iTunes if you
wanted a simple music player and nothing else. Allows access to the
built-in Mac OS X audio effects filters, which can be very handy if you
want a 31-band equalizer, high-pass filter or the like.
Pure Music by Channel D (Commercial)
Based upon Pure Vinyl and using its own playback engine, like Amarra,
integrates with iTunes, running alongside iTunes and resamples stuff
on-the-fly. Unlike Amarra, it requires iTunes to be running to select
tracks, but offers a considerable slew of other options.
Songbird (Free)
Made by previous Firefox, Netscape and Winamp developer, it is more a
multi-platform internet connected media library project. It is pretty
much the "anti-iTunes" of this roundup, even though a lot of the buttons
look exactly like iTunes' playback interface.
Vox by Alessio Nonni (Free but donations requested)
This free player is slowly developed much like Play, which does
little more than play music with a minimal footprint. Like Play, it
gives access to in-built Mac OS X audio effects filters.
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2/21/2013
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