Music player - Topics

Crossfade and gapless playback ought to be standard in every music app by now A music app that opens in under two seconds — does that even exist now? A music app with proper synchronized lyrics is harder to find than it should be Buying a used music player secondhand: which specs actually matter and which do not? None of the big music apps let me simply browse my own local files anymore Putting Rockbox on an old music player unlocked features the maker never shipped Importing my old MP3 folder into a music app always scrambles the album art DRM on downloaded music means I cannot move it to my old player Why is the shuffle button in every music app so bad at actually being random? What volume level is actually safe for hours of headphone listening? Why do dedicated MP3 players still beat phones on battery life for long trips? Falling asleep to music all night long cannot be good for my ears A wired music player still beats Bluetooth dongles for latency when gaming Headphones vs speakers for critical listening: the room matters more than you think Do hi-res portable music players actually justify their price over a phone? Cheap earbuds hold back a good music player far more than the player itself does My fifteen-year-old iPod still sounds better than my phone for local files Managing a library of five thousand FLAC files really needs a dedicated music player I linked my Echo to Amazon Music and now it plays the wrong version of every song Should I load my whole library onto a cheap microSD music player for travel?