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Title: lossless audio players
Post by: aragorn723 on October 02, 2016, 02:45:11 AM

Hi,

What are some good lossless audio players for pc?  Are there any free options?  Thanks!

Dave

Title: Re: lossless audio players
Post by: Paul Birkeland on October 02, 2016, 06:55:31 AM

Just about any music player for Windows will play back a lossless file.

Here's an overview of a few:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-music-players-windows-pc-winamp-foobar2000/ (http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-music-players-windows-pc-winamp-foobar2000/)

Title: Re: lossless audio players
Post by: Natural Sound on October 02, 2016, 09:17:11 AM

VLC player will play pretty much any audio or video format you throw at it. An it's free.

Title: Re: lossless audio players
Post by: johnsonad on October 02, 2016, 12:55:50 PM

Plus one for VLC.

Title: Re: lossless audio players
Post by: BNAL on October 02, 2016, 01:28:24 PM

MediaMonkey is another one.

You could also use Logitech Media Server with Squeezelite is another good option. It can be used on the same computer and has a smartphone app.

Title: Re: lossless audio players
Post by: aragorn723 on October 02, 2016, 03:36:24 PM

Thanks all..  Going to try Mediamonkey first.  Does the free version support bit perfect playback?

Dave

Title: Re: lossless audio players
Post by: Jim R. on October 28, 2016, 10:43:29 AM

Another one for IOS is the free player from Onkyo -- pretty nice. Well, it's not quite free -- there is an in-app purchase ($5 I think) that is needed for hi-res playback -- otherwise it's just mp3. Very nice with VoiceOver if you're interested.

Another one (now with an Ios app, is foobar2000 totally free and lots of features.

HTH,

Jim