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[POLL] Which music player are you using?

As a follow up to this thread, let's determine the most popular music player.

Lithium the best

MediaScape not included in the list.

Thread moved to D&H Android General.

Sadly, I think the stock player is the best one yet. The volume rocker and trackball controls are a nice feature. Plus, it just looks nice having the album art as a black and white background while selecting a song.
I have tried several of the more popular players and found them to be fairly ugly and plain.
I remember reading somewhere that most media players dont even have their own audio support, they just use the default/built in audio engine of the regular player anyway...

Stock is working best and with the device controls for me right now.

Subsonic ..... It allows me to have all my music without trying to fit it on my phone
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Streamfurious, as I don't really use local mp3s.

Stock music player is so primitive it cannot be the best. Maybe most popular if it's good enough for many people, but I think some other players in this poll are better.

chaostic_2k1 said:
Streamfurious, as I don't really use local mp3s.
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There are many competing streaming music apps (btw Rdio opened to public today). Should make a separate poll for them.

MortPlayer
I've used MixZing, MusicMod, doubleTwist and Meridian

So the conclusion is ... inconclusive. The stock music player seems to be bad enough so that people are trying out other players, but there are no clear winner among non-stock players yet.

Default stock Sense music player is best to me.

I personally prefer RealPlayer. Currently it's in the Market in Beta stage. But it's incredibly clean looking, and easy to use. Plus, I don't have to put my music, video, or pictures in set locations on the SDCard. I can put everything where I want without loss of speed.

I like the stock player on my Captivate.. but for me it lacks lockscreen control and scrobbling. I have been trying other free ones that fit my needs, and may settle on 3 (cubed) for awhile.
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Id personaly love to see winamp, been using it for years and think its great.

HTC Stock because I don't really listen to mp3s on the phone (ipod), Retro Radio for streams

TB for Music...

So after some testing I really like using my Thunderbolt for Pandora, but not too sure about trading it out for my ipod...the ipod seems to give better output, as I have to crank it up to about 50 to match a volume level of 38-40 on my ipod. Even at that the vocals are struggling and the bass seems to drown it out a bit even with the bass turned all the way down. This may not be a TB issue but maybe a player issue (I use Poweramp Unlocked version). While Poweramp is nice its not exceptional. At this point I am not sure what to do as I would like to use Google Music instead of iTunes, but I am not sure if its ipod compatible or how big of a hassle is. I am hoping a really nice music player will come out soon...what do you guys think?

I was very unhappy with the default music player.
I would suggest getting doubleTwist, I find it to be waaaaay better than the default. And after you try out the free version, I would HIGHLY recommend getting the paid version with AirSync. It offers an iTunes like interface that can wirelessly (and pretty amazingly and bug free) sync music to your phone over your wifi network.

inexplicability said:
I was very unhappy with the default music player.
I would suggest getting doubleTwist, I find it to be waaaaay better than the default. And after you try out the free version, I would HIGHLY recommend getting the paid version with AirSync. It offers an iTunes like interface that can wirelessly (and pretty amazingly and bug free) sync music to your phone over your wifi network.
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I was very very interested in this, and now that you mention it I will try it out. The reason I didn't try it was because of all the bad comments on it in the market, but those are always a bit hard to trust anyways, I will definitely give it a shot

I'm a music geek. I have to have all of my music in 320 mp3 or lossless. And I hqvent experienced low quality with poweramp and volume plus. Just make sure you have the eq off.

SanxDiegoxSand said:
I'm a music geek. I have to have all of my music in 320 mp3 or lossless. And I hqvent experienced low quality with poweramp and volume plus. Just make sure you have the eq off.
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and how do you do the 320mp3 and lossless?? I get a lot of my music from either Itunes or youtube. so far I am using double twist and man is it flawless as far as the airsync, havent played it on my stereo yet though. However are there any settings on doubletwist player?? I dont see volume plus on the market, what is that?

CC268 said:
and how do you do the 320mp3 and lossless?? I get a lot of my music from either Itunes or youtube. so far I am using double twist and man is it flawless as far as the airsync, havent played it on my stereo yet though. However are there any settings on doubletwist player?? I dont see volume plus on the market, what is that?
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anyone know how to do this and what volume plus is?

CC268 said:
At this point I am not sure what to do as I would like to use Google Music instead of iTunes, but I am not sure if its ipod compatible or how big of a hassle is. I am hoping a really nice music player will come out soon...what do you guys think?
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Give Google Music a try. It's spectacular! I uploaded 6,000+ songs from my iTunes library and now listen (with excellent quality) on my TB. Important note: I uploaded the songs from my Music folder not my iPod. I have not tried uploading from an iPod, although that is offered as an option in the Google Music Manager. Let us know how it works.

madAdam6LOVE said:
Give Google Music a try. It's spectacular! I uploaded 6,000+ songs from my iTunes library and now listen (with excellent quality) on my TB. Important note: I uploaded the songs from my Music folder not my iPod. I have not tried uploading from an iPod, although that is offered as an option in the Google Music Manager. Let us know how it works.
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Tried google music but 225 of my songs weren't transferred for some DRM problem, even though they are all paid for music. It looks like I will be going back to my ipod. The sound quality is just no where near my ipod when it comes to car stereo. Still turning my music a good 15+ up than with my ipod. Also, for some reason after about 20 minutes of listening the music just suddenly gets quieter...this is a huge problem and I have no idea what it is

Best android music player

Which music player is the best?
I got Winamp and I really see no difference between Stock and Winamp. Stock actually looks nicer in my opinion.
I have been suggested Player Pro, but it's not free.
Any suggestions?
Also a big thing for me is the ALBUM ART. Both Winamp and stock have LOW quality album art. My pictures are HD quality all the same size, yet they have blur and low quality. Very annoying!

Google music is good
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PlayerPro or TTPod
Try the PlayerPro trial, it's a very good player.
I also like TTPod which includes lyrics display too.
For lyrics compatible with most players, try MusicXmatch.
AudioTagger is great for ID tagging and album art downloading.

Cubed and cm7 stock float my boat
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umirin said:
Which music player is the best?
I got Winamp and I really see no difference between Stock and Winamp. Stock actually looks nicer in my opinion.
I have been suggested Player Pro, but it's not free.
Any suggestions?
Also a big thing for me is the ALBUM ART. Both Winamp and stock have LOW quality album art. My pictures are HD quality all the same size, yet they have blur and low quality. Very annoying!
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The best thing about Winamp is that it could replace your lock screen, allowing you to control the music without unlocking, I have tried several and always come back to winamp

+1 for Winamp.
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For the lock screen function, +1 to winamp.
I usually just remote desktop and stream from my computer though to access my huge database of music. (Gotta waste that unlimited data plan Somehow!)

Poweramp
Full graphic EQ with presets. Fully customizable plaer engine and Skins. With lockscreens

Poweramp was the best i tried.
EQ, themes, widget + easy to control
And MixZing is good as well but it hasn't got good interface.

Hi. My not sure if this is the best place to post my question..so sorry in advance
I'm on mikrunny w/anthrax both support beats audio and it works with sense stock music player but not google player... Is there other free music players available that supports beats and be able to download my music from google?
Thanks
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i guess player pro , gives u everything u need ... equilizer , awsum artwork , sharin is like cream n nice feel to it ...

Like some pals said, poweramp is very nice and has many options to play with.

I like MIUI music more.

simkid5614 said:
Poweramp
Full graphic EQ with presets. Fully customizable plaer engine and Skins. With lockscreens
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+1 for Poweramp,give it a try

Ok so I tried the Poweramp Trial.
It DOES have the high quality album art which matters to me. You can change the size of the album art as well.
The interface is ok, I still think stock music player has the nicest interface. The colours though are the best. the widget matches nice with my background.
The volume on it is higher than stock and equal with Winamp.
So maybe I will buy this one, but try the others first.
The lyrics don't matter to me. Mainly just looks, organization, and album art.

umirin said:
Which music player is the best?
I got Winamp and I really see no difference between Stock and Winamp. Stock actually looks nicer in my opinion.
I have been suggested Player Pro, but it's not free.
Any suggestions?
Also a big thing for me is the ALBUM ART. Both Winamp and stock have LOW quality album art. My pictures are HD quality all the same size, yet they have blur and low quality. Very annoying!
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If you are after a plain, and simple music player, i would recommend tiny player. It runs smoothly on my phone. It also consumes less RAM and CPU process..

simkid5614 said:
Poweramp
Full graphic EQ with presets. Fully customizable plaer engine and Skins. With lockscreens
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If you pay WInamp it has Full EQ too, easy to use, u can sync it with your desktop via streaming, Full album art, kinda workig shuffle, I've been using Winamp in my desktop since '98 so I completely trust winamp
Yes maybe the stock one looks better and use less resources, but In custom roms, i dont know why, everytime I pair it with bluetooth with my car, the phone just freezes, so I need to use a different one, so Winamp is my move

My favorite has been Google Music w/Volume+ as my equalizer.
I can't remember if you have to be rooted for Volume+ (it's been a minute since I've played with it), but it's a full featured EQ that you can set the phone speaker and headphone EQs separately. I also have all my music uploaded to Google Music so it takes up no space, works just fine and I get a full featured equalizer.
Pro tip, you can get Volume+ for free if you go to the developer's website (accessible in the Android Market). I bought it though, it really is quite good.

I use Poweramp its verry good cause you cabn choose different style of sound like bass, classic ext. But it paid.

I heard that Neutron Music Player is the best up to now. It supports lossless songs, and sound quality is great if used along with DSP Manager. You can search for reviews on Youtube.
However, that's what I heard. It seems that Neutron MP does not support my Gio. What a shame.
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Edge?What is the ultimate music listening/management suite of apps for the S7 edge?

Folks, I have a pretty large non-DRM .mp3 music library in iTunes. I have used ISyncr in the past, with my Galaxy s5, to bring down playlists and music and synchronize my Android phone to iTunes. Lately it hasn't been working well, probably because I have well over a thousand playlists.
I am also looking for the best music player, and wish to add Lyrics, and am intrigued by the Viper 4Android sound app, but I don't want to root my phone.
What do you all recommend as the best music player, the best app to sync iTunes, the best audio effects suite of apps to a music lover? Thanks so very much in advance for your help!

I've used all the free and paid music players over the years. Neutron is truly the only professional solution. It literally has every feature, where most players offer half of what neutron does. Poweramp is good for consumers too. Idk about iTunes syncing, I organize all my music in folders. Neutron has the most full featured non-root EQ, but if you're rooted eXtreme beats is coming out with a new revision soon.

for a regular user i think poweramp is the best music player.. nice sound and controls plus skinning. you can import playlists and export them as well.

Neutron is widely considered the best by audiophiles followed by Onkyo player (unlocked).

personally i leave the mp3 tagging stuff off of the phone. I havent found any apps that will properly list and tag mp3's as well as i can do it on a computer.
Assuming you're on windows, use MP3Tag to manage all your tags. it works on way more than mp3's, but it is by far the best solution for media library management.
For playback, i jump around on windows. Musicbee looks nice and is full featured. Winamp is nice. Foobar is very spartan and quite ugly but it works well and you can make it look more or less however you want, though it takes a lot of effort.
On the phone itself i use poweramp for music playback (though i do find the interface a bit clunky, and i dislike the "queue" thing it does). Neutron always gets good ratings. I had a horrible time with onkyo hf player. winamp is OK at best.
For audiobooks, i use SmartAudiobook Player. there are some weird bugginess issues, like when my head unit automatically starts the audiobook app instead of music, and refuses to play nice with it. Like if i stop the audiobook player and start music, sometimes the music will immediately stop and audiobooks will play instead. but my car is so damn loud that i use headphones while driving most of the time anyways.

I think JetAudio plus does a great job.

Where do I start lol...I have slowly turned into an audiophile and always look for the best audio on my phone so I have tried just about all the most popular music players / audio configs i could find on my phone,
I have also tried external DACS / Amplifiers and to be honest with my setup did not do much for me..I am running SOL Master Tracks XC headphones which are amazing with this phone and would totally recommend Neutron or Poweramp they seem to give the best sound from all I have tried and are also very customisable with the sound...
ViperFX is a must!! and the options / tweaks are just insane and what a difference it makes with a simple change of Convoler and EQ,
I use ViperFX with Dolby Atmos and Beats Audio which seems to me the best option and I flick between Neutron and Poweramp which i am still not decided on

What do you guys think of PlayerPro Music Player v3.7 ? I think it has the most features but I don't know how it compares to others, so I need your help to decide .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerpro&hl=en

Rocket Player Pro is great! Using it for years!

Been using Timber for a bit now. Mostly use it because it looks really slick. I like the material design it has.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=naman14.timber

emariu said:
What do you guys think of PlayerPro Music Player v3.7 ? I think it has the most features but I don't know how it compares to others, so I need your help to decide .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerpro&hl=en
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Player pro amazing app, I switched to Neutron which I am currently using and was using Poweramp before that, I find Neutron to give a more Natural better sound than others but Neutron / Poweramp / Player Pro and Jet music are ones id recommend

I'm a Poweramp fan myself.
There's an option in the app to opt into the beta, which let's you try an overhauled new version which improves on a lot of the old usability issues.

emariu said:
What do you guys think of PlayerPro Music Player v3.7 ? I think it has the most features but I don't know how it compares to others, so I need your help to decide .
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerpro&hl=en
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I use this. I've used it for a few years. I love it. Plenty of skins, downloadable DSP Pack for additional audio controls, has it's own lock screen. :good:

Thank you for your replies..
So I guess if I stick with PlayerPro Music Player ,I am not missing any other features and the sound of other players is not greater/nicer than this ?!

Stock, because there's no real difference.

the best is power amp beta version try someday

Question What Music Player are you using???

Hey, I was wondering what everyone is using for their music player on the Pixel 7(Pro)??? I'm currently using PowerAmp but feel like the UI is very clunky and outdated. I wasn't sure what better options exist. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I'm hoping there's something better than this!!!

I was using Black Player Ex on my S21U with Android 12, and it's my favorite player of all time, but it's not qualified against Android 13 yet on my Pixel so I had to pivot. I tried Rocket Player (again), Musicolet, and a few others. Ultimately, I landed on Retro Music. Great look and feel, no ads.

Musicolet. It's free with no ads and highly customisable.

depends on what your requirements are. if you're fussy about sound quality and use a USB dac for example, like me, neutron is excellent. completely configurable and able to output direct to the dac, bypassing any internal processing.

Jet Audio Plus. Besides the extras (like Bongiovi and AM3D), it's interface rocks , you can set specific profiles depending on if you're listening on the phone, BT speakers, earbuds, etc and will store specific profiles for each device.
I've been using this for years in combination with V4A. Now it's all I get since V4A isn't P7P compatible... but it's still very good.

Poweramp

Another PowerAmp

Aimp

Media Monkey. Handles all formats. Has a corresponding Windows program that facilitates organizing, ripping and several other useful functions.
Used it for several years and have yet to find anything better for my particular needs.

The Files app. Don't listen to actual audio files often (pretty much never) thanks to streaming services.

YouTube Music for me. I have some files on my phone that I go to time to time, but even then, they can all be found on YouTube Music still since it can play YouTube videos.

Poweramp with Liv Dark substratum skin.

Another for Poweramp with Liv Dark subs and skin.
What specifically about the player do you find clunky and outdated?

Not sure if I'm understanding everyone's needs here. I'm only interested in playing music that I've stored locally on the phone. Are all of the above mentioned apps for this purpose, or are they for streaming?

andygold said:
Not sure if I'm understanding everyone's needs here. I'm only interested in playing music that I've stored locally on the phone. Are all of the above mentioned apps for this purpose, or are they for streaming?
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I've tried a LOT of music apps over the years. And like you, I'm really only interested in music I have stored locally on the phone (which is a lot). Where I finally landed was GoneMad Music Player. I was looking for something that has its own sound engine, was aesthetically pleasing and ticked all of my other boxes. These boxes will vary with every person. It is a paid for app but I did not mind paying for it at all.
Before that I had used Musicolet for some time. I like that one a lot too.
I used Neutron years ago but I can never seem to get it to work anymore. It never sees my music folder(s) even after I give it permission. Obviously the UI is outdated but that never bothered me as much as it bothers some others.
I used PowerAmp before Neutron but I was never overly impressed with it.

PowerAmp pro. A good one.

tonyfiore75 said:
I've tried a LOT of music apps over the years. And like you, I'm really only interested in music I have stored locally on the phone (which is a lot). Where I finally landed was GoneMad Music Player. I was looking for something that has its own sound engine, was aesthetically pleasing and ticked all of my other boxes. These boxes will vary with every person. It is a paid for app but I did not mind paying for it at all.
Before that I had used Musicolet for some time. I like that one a lot too.
I used Neutron years ago but I can never seem to get it to work anymore. It never sees my music folder(s) even after I give it permission. Obviously the UI is outdated but that never bothered me as much as it bothers some others.
I used PowerAmp before Neutron but I was never overly impressed with it.
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Thanks for the reply! I just DL'ed Musicolet, and it does everything that I want, and a bit more. Thanks again!
Edit: just learned that Gonemad has a trial. I DL'ed that too.

andygold said:
Thanks for the reply! I just DL'ed Musicolet, and it does everything that I want, and a bit more. Thanks again!
Edit: just learned that Gonemad has a trial. I DL'ed that too.
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My pleasure. I've obsessed about this long enough not to share some of my experiences, lol

Youtube music. It is good enough for playing music from phone as well.

PowerAmp, Clunky and outdated? WTF lol