Editor's Review
Dive into the world of high-fidelity audio with this exceptional media player! 🎶 Designed for audiophiles, this app unlocks the full potential of your device's audio capabilities, supporting USB audio DACs and HiRes audio chips found in modern smartphones. It goes beyond Android's limitations, allowing you to play audio at resolutions and sample rates that your DAC can handle. 🚀
Supporting a wide array of formats, including wav, flac, mp3, m4a, wavpack, SACD ISO, MQA, and DSD, this player is a must-have for anyone serious about audio quality. 🎧 It bypasses Android's audio restrictions, ensuring pristine sound reproduction whether you're using a USB DAC, the internal HiRes audio chip, or the standard Android driver.
Since version 5, the app features an MQA Core Decoder (in-app purchase required), bringing you the sound of the original master recording. 🌟 MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is a British technology that delivers authenticated, high-quality audio in a compact, streamable format. The MQA decoder unfolds the MQA stream, enhancing your listening experience. 🎼
Key Features:
- Versatile Format Support: Plays wav, flac, ogg, mp3, MQA, DSD, SACD ISO, aiff, aac, m4a, ape, cue, wv, and more. 💽
- USB DAC Compatibility: Supports almost all USB audio DACs. 🔌
- HiRes Audio Playback: Plays natively up to 32-bit/768kHz, bypassing Android's audio system. ⬆️
- HiRes Chip Utilization: Utilizes HiRes audio chips on various phones for 24-bit audio without resampling. 📱
- MQA Decoding: Free MQA decoding and rendering on select LG devices. ✅
- DSD Conversion: DoP, native DSD, and DSD-to-PCM conversion. ⚙️
- Toneboosters MorphIt Mobile: Enhances headphone quality with over 700 simulated models (in-app purchase). 🎧
- Flexible Playback: Folder playback, UPnP/DLNA file server playback. 📁
- Network Playback: Supports SambaV1/V2, FTP, and WebDAV. 🌐
- Streaming: Stream audio from TIDAL (HiRes FLAC and MQA), Qobuz, and Shoutcast. 🌊
- Additional Features: Gapless playback, bit-perfect playback, replay gain, synchronized lyrics, sample rate conversion, 10-band equalizer, and more! ✨
In-App Purchases:
- Advanced Parametric EQ (€1.99)
- MorphIt Headphones Simulator (€3.29)
- MQA Core Decoder (€3.49)
- Feature Pack (UPnP control, Dropbox streaming, etc.)
Note: This app is not a system-wide driver; playback is limited to within the app.
For tested devices and USB audio device connection information, visit: https://www.extreamsd.com/index.php/technology/usb-audio-driver
For HiRes driver information and compatibility, visit: https://www.extreamsd.com/index.php/hires-audio-driver
Contact us at support@extreamsd.com for any issues! 📧
Features
Plays various audio file formats
Supports almost all USB audio DACs
Plays natively up to 32-bit/768kHz
Utilizes HiRes audio chips
Free MQA decoding and rendering
DoP, native DSD, DSD-to-PCM conversion
Folder playback
Plays from UPnP/DLNA file server
Stream audio from TIDAL, Qobuz, Shoutcast
Gapless playback
Synchronized lyrics display
Pros
Bypasses Android audio limits
Supports many USB audio DACs
Plays various audio formats
Utilizes HiRes audio chips
Offers MQA decoding
Includes gapless playback
Provides bit-perfect playback
Cons
MQA Core Decoder requires in-app purchase
Not a system-wide driver