Create and curate your media playlists to your specifications with folder, file, and internet streaming options. Easily trans-code (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Speex, FLAC, or AAC formats) and transfer music files for use with Clementine on your iPhone, iPad, iPod, and other mass-storage devices. Some may find the feel of Clementine to be a bit awkward and annoying as it doesn’t resemble a native Mac application. It also doesn’t offer access to a built-in music store or play video.

If you can get around these shallow issues, you’ll be pleasantly surprised with all that Clementine offers for your music enjoyment. Music as it was meant to be heard: without fear of audio loss and just clean, clear sound.ĬOST: FREE w/ Optional Cloud Storage at $4.99/mo Your favorite artists in high-resolution. Touted as the #1 music player for iPhone and Mac, VOX finds its way onto many lists similar to this one, and rightfully so. Its minimalist interface and powerful features make it a great alternative to iTunes. On the Mac, Fidelia has a headphone virtualization add-on (which I refuse to pay $50 for waiting for a Canz3D update hopefully).Navigate your library using an intuitive UI that emphasizes practicality and ease-of-use while providing a wide selection of audio formats. VLC though has a 'headphone virtualization' under the Filters tab which sounds pretty good although not allowing the tweaking possible with Canz3D. Unfortunately Canz3D is 32-bit which means no-go for those running Mountain lion or Lion apps requiring 64 bit plugins (Fidelia being one). I have never needed to mess with these much though. There are also many controls for adjusting the virtual 'room', ranging from the size and speaker and listener 'locations' to the acoustics of the room. AHP also has a dry/wet slider which is very useful for 'dialing in' the effect- just drag the slider and and some point the soundstage just sounds 'right'. Being a plugin, it requires a host app- I use Audio Hijack Pro which allows me to run any audio on my Mac through it.

I have never used an analog crossfeed amp like the HeadRoom models, but I have used a variety of digital implementations: Dolby Headphone when I was using a Windows machine, and since moving to Mac, I have something called Canz 3D which is a plugin (VST or Audio Unit). Wondering what experience the other AC headphone nerds here have with crossfeed.

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