#Mac os x music player software

In BLIND testing I was not able to discern between most of them (your mileage may vary) – exceptions there are noted in the comments on the application/player in question.

#Mac os x music player software

The point here is just to catalog, and highlight, some interesting software choices for music replay.Ī good while ago now, I did some basic testing with these applications to see if I could determine a sound-quality difference between them, as most of them claim to improve replay in some way or other. The purpose of this post is not to debate the “sound quality” of these applications - that’s a much broader, and far more controversial topic. More information for each is available by clicking the links (product names/titles). I will probably post something similar to cover various “secondary” applications, such as EQ tools, headphone correction, room simulation in the near future. “Primary” means it’s not a plug-in to something else and either plays music directly (with, or without additional features) or affects the audio of the system as a whole.Īt some point I’ll likely review each of these applications in a more comprehensive fashion this post is more to kick-start some discussion and comment on a few of the products I’ve used (and/or still use).

This is a summary of some “primary” applications for Music Playback on the Mac (OS X and macOS, as well as some cross-platform applications … but I can’t comment on how the non-Mac versions are).