Neutron Player

For the past few months, I've been on a hunt for the ideal music app for android. What I primarily look for is:

Out of the box sound quality
Gapless playback
Good Interface
Decent EQ
Battery life

The first app I tried (after some searching online) was Neutron Player. Aaaah, neutron player! I still get shivers thinking about it! Amazing sound quality!! Drastic improvement transitioning from Samsung's player! True gapless playback! According to their specs, it analyzes your audio files to find out the exact SAMPLE at which the music ends! There's literally no way to detect the transition unless you're staring directly at your phone!

Regarding it's interface, I've read many people complaining about it's unintuitive complexity. In fact, a friend of mine actually asked me how to get it to play your music! Personally, I just love it! Yes, it's different, but that doesn't mean it's bad. Different people have different tastes; this just so happens to be mine.

Neutrons equalizer comes with a built in preamp, which is always useful for those pesky songs with low volume. Bonus points for displaying the sound spectrum of the file! It's not just for looks-it'll help you eq your song. I read a review on Google play, complaining that there's no option to apply separate eqs to the left and right channels! Apparently it's needed by those with a hearing problem.....I can honestly say I never even imagined such a feature.

This app comes with quite a few effects, but I prefer listening to music the way the composer intended. In fact, that's the only reason I eq my songs in the first place. But where this app shines is with its ability to enable 64-bit processing and dithering for higher quality output. Apart from that, I don't use any feature, nor do I intend to. 

The lock screen widget is very handy! When I'm sitting at work with with my headphones plugged in, a lot of the time, I just need to change something in my music app. Most apps these days have a lock screen widget, but none this efficient.  You can access the ENTIRE app without unlocking! So you can go in, change the song, EQ and other settings, all while your phone is locked!

A very important thing to note-Neutron guzzles up battery like a dense neuron star after its supernova (a.k.a: a black hole). Perhaps that's where it gets its name from :D Jokes aside, if you plan to use this app full time, be prepared to carry a power bank, or some other charging source.

Sadly, the trial app had a usage time limit, after which it prevents you from playing anything. But then again,  no one would buy the full version of it didn't.  Mine timed out over a month ago, so everything I've written is from my recollection of using it. On the bright side, they didn't lock out any features just because you're using a trial version. You have access to the entire app, throughout the trial.

As of now, I have to say my search isn't really to find a ideal app, but rather an app that compares to neutron player. That's how much I enjoyed the experience! *sigh* ....Well, gotta keep lookin!

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Price as of May 2015:   Rs.379