Onkyo HF Player Overview
What is Onkyo HF Player?
The Onkyo HF Player app is a free music player app that allows users to have greater control over how their iTunes music sounds. It offers a touch-adjustable linear-phase FIR equalizer with 16,384 discrete bands of high-definition equalization with zero loss in audio quality. Users can name and save their own custom EQ presets or select optimized filters created by professional musicians. The app also offers an HD Player Pack via in-app purchase, which allows users to take their 192 kHz/24-bit Hi-Res Audio albums on the road with support for FLAC, WAV, and DSD enhanced for headphone use and fully supported on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Features
- High-precision equalizer (16,384 discrete bands, linear-phase FIR filter)
- Selectable HD equalizer mode (64-bit)
- Automatic upsampling function
- Crossfade playback option
- Album artwork and song lyric display
- Repeat function (songs within a list)
- Resume Playback Function
- Shuffle function (within a list)
- Selectable equalizer presets optimized by musicians for Onkyo headphones
- Easily add songs to playlists and Up Next list
- Real-time DSD conversion function (supported on paid version, compatible with 64-bit CPU devices such as iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 only)
- Subscription music service AWA
- Supported Formats: MP3/ALAC/AAC/WAV/AIFF (up to 48 kHz) for free version (iPod Library), and above formats plus DSF/DSD-IFF [DSD(2.8 MHz) / Double-rate DSD(5.6 MHz) / Quad-rate DSD(11.2 MHz), DoP / PCM conversion], FLAC/ALAC/WAV/AIFF (up to 384kHz), Ogg-Vorbis (up to 192 kHz) for paid version (HD Library and iPod Library)
- Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Requirements: Recommended for iPhone 4s or later, iPod touch (5th generation or later), iPad 2 or later, and iPad mini. Requires iOS13.0 or later.
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Product Details and Description of
*************************************************************************** * * This app is a free download version "Onkyo HF Player". * If you want to use the full-featured, purchase a paid version that supports family share, * Or purchase "HD library" of in-app purchase which can take over EQ and playlist. * *************************************************************************** Get greater control of how your iTunes music sounds with our touch-adjustable linear-phase FIR equalizer, which offers 16,384 discrete bands of high-definition equalization with zero loss in audio quality. Name and save your own custom EQ presets or select optimized filters created by professional musicians. You can upgrade to the HD Player Pack via in-app purchase and take your 192 kHz/24-bit Hi-Res Audio albums on the road with support for FLAC, WAV, and DSD enhanced for headphone use and fully supported on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Features • High-precision equalizer (16,384 discrete bands, linear-phase FIR filter) • Selectable HD equalizer mode (64-bit) • Automatic upsampling function • Crossfade playback option • Album artwork and song lyric display • Repeat function (songs within a list) • Resume Playback Function • Shuffle function (within a list) • Selectable equalizer presets optimized by musicians for Onkyo headphones • Easily add songs to playlists and Up Next list • Real-time DSD conversion function (supported on paid version, compatible with 64-bit CPU devices such as iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 only) Note: Paid version enables playlists from both HD Library and iPod Library. • Subscription music service AWA - Login, Music list(FOR YOU/ FOCUS/ FAVORITES/ TRENDS), Streaming Playback Supported Formats Free Version (iPod Library) • MP3/ALAC/AAC/WAV/AIFF (up to 48 kHz) *DRM-protected files are not supported. Paid Version (HD Library and iPod Library) • Above formats plus DSF/DSD-IFF [DSD(2.8 MHz) / Double-rate DSD(5.6 MHz) / Quad-rate DSD(11.2 MHz), DoP / PCM conversion], FLAC/ALAC/WAV/AIFF (up to 384kHz), Ogg-Vorbis (up to 192 kHz) * Requires iPhone 5s or later for DSD 11.2 MHz and above. MP3 not supported in HD Library. Release Notes • Upgrade to HD Player Pack via in-app purchase and experience 192 kHz/24-bit high-resolution FLAC, WAV, and DSD playback • Hi-Res Audio files can be output to the Onkyo DAC-HA200 headphone amplifier via Lightning cable, and to other compatible USB DACs using a Lighting-USB camera adapter or the iPad Camera Connection Kit • Supports DSD-to-PCM conversion and DoP output • Transfer audio formats including FLAC and DSD to your device via the iTunes Apps menu on your personal computer • Note that smooth operation may be compromised on older devices (iPhone 4 and below) when in HD Equalizer Mode due to high processing demands. Audio with a sampling rate exceeding 88.2 kHz output via the device’s headphone connection is downsampled to 48 kHz. Equalizer and crossfade functions are disabled when playing audio via DoP, and frequency response is not displayed. • The ad will be hidden. Languages English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese Requirements Recommended for iPhone 4s or later, iPod touch (5th generation or later), iPad 2 or later, and iPad mini. Requires iOS13.0 or later.
Top Reviews
By America's App Advisor
Thank You Onkyo! Five Star Quality!
If you aren’t aware - the latest update release note roughly translated to English means: made correct = corrected issues = fixed some bugs. Take a look at your most recently updated Apps, you’ll probably see something like this; ‘we corrected issue xyz and fixed some bugs’ Well, Onkyo is telling you the same thing, got it? Good. Now, I really don’t understand what all the fuss is about. I’ve never seen a single ad*, no sign of a mini-player, the UI is intuitive and my music library is organized and looks very sharp. Listening to your music precisely how you like is what this App is all about as the equalizer gives you an infinite amount of adjustment. So tweak it to your liking. side notes - • probably no ads because I’m on a VPN • excellent equalizer presets with the added perk of listening to presets from top musical artists • it makes perfect sense to me • do you know how to properly use your iDevice • don’t be afraid to explore the App I’ve been on an iPhone user since the first day the original iPhone was released for sale in the United States back in June 2007 or so. I think I’m on my twelfth iPhone or thereabout and I’ve owned more than 4000 Apps over the past 11 years or so.
By HelpfulDad
Great way to listen to hi-res
It will play everything excellently. I have a wish list, but as-is it’s great. Buy the hi-res upgrade, a camera adapter and a good DAC and you can carry a ton of hi-res music around and play it. I don’t use any of the equalization features. For me its about playing DSD, FLAC, and MQA material with artwork and lyrics. Simple to get the files on your phone via iTunes file transfer, or you can move them from one-drive into it as well. It has DSD over PCM and upsampling built-in to get 176.4 from 44.1 or 48 to 192. It also has this PCM to DSD feature where instead of 44.1+ PCM going to your DAC, you can go as high as double-precision double DSD over PCM from low rate PCM. It brings out all detail and dynamics available in the content. It’s not magic so fidelity is still limited by available data, particularly on the hi and low extremes, but it’s better. Wish list: 1) Ability to set and store desired upsample and/or equalization by song. 2) More metadata visible in app. 3) more robust editing of the player’s file system to find and select items by album or artist and delete it
By sandifop
Will Do Until Official Apple Support
[Updated 14 May, 2020 - This app used to support the Onkyo music store, which essentially paid for the music player app support and development. The music store is gone (in the USA) but the app is still here. Thank you Onkyo. I’ve tried six other “HD” or High Resolution players and the Onkyo player remains the best I have found.] Onkyo works well if one has audio files not (yet?) supported by Apple. It handles everything I’ve thrown at it (mostly FLAC, which Apple does not support and likely won’t) I was loving VOX, still do, but I do not like “subscriptions;” a model they have adopted for many essential features. I would rather follow the Onkyo model, which is pay once to access “High Definition” encodings. There are some things about Onkyo that bother me, but it is the dark UI design and my inability to see its on-screen widgets without my glasses. But that’s my problem so I won’t ding the app. Good enough to call good stuff. Enjoy the show.
