However, in the past two years, I have gradually "returned to nature" and I am too lazy to toss about, so I gradually focused on two types of equipment:
First, install Foobar software on the computer and put it in the electric classroom for special use; The second is to use a simple combination of "mobile phone+decoder (from various small tails to desktop DAC)", and you can listen to songs everywhere. In addition, I mentioned in another blog the other day that there are only two kinds of music software left in the mobile phone: apple Music and the domestic Haibei Music App.
Haibei Music app V4. 1. 1 Play main interface (decoding DSD).
I have already written about the topic of Apple Music, and I chose it mainly for listening to popular songs on the Internet, so I won't go into details here. But if I want to "enjoy music" more seriously than "listen to it casually", I will open the Haibei Music App-in my opinion, this is a more "serious" software than Apple Music or QQ Music, and at present, it is the only one that can fully meet my various needs of playing on my mobile phone.
Maybe you already know something about Haibei Music app, but I still want to reiterate some special advantages of it:
First of all, this is a free ad-free music playing app across Android and iOS platforms. No matter whether our common audio formats are MP3, WAV, FLAC, APE or DSD, Haibei Music app can perform high-precision decoding and playback, which is the so-called "format takes all";
Multi-format take-all playback capability
Secondly, Haibei Music app can well support various DLNA/ LAN devices, and also support network disk services such as Baidu network disk, Dropbox and Onedrive. In fact, most of my music files are stored in a group NAS, so I usually just need to start the Haibei Music app on my mobile phone to play all the music on the NAS directly. Yes, with Haibei Music app, there is no need to use other third-party NAS management software, which is simple and efficient;
Support private cloud/powerful MSEB mixer
Thirdly, Haibei Music app also has a very practical function: it allows a device with Haibei Music app installed (mobile phone or walkman) to remotely operate another device through its own "HiByLink" function. For example, I use a device to connect the stereo to listen to songs. However, due to the limited length of the connecting cable between the A device and the stereo, if I want to pause, play and cut songs on the A device, I must go to the stereo. Through HiByLink, I can remotely control the Haibei music application on the A device with another B device anywhere in the room. Well, such "remote control operation" is really too labor-saving!
Of course, there is another important factor that makes me particularly fond of Haibei Music app, that is the legendary Android "USB exclusive output" function! In fact, this is also the key to the sound quality of Haibei Music app superior to other software:
As we all know, Android system will forcibly convert music data with different sampling rates (44. 1KHz, 48KHz, 96KHz ...) into a fixed sampling rate (for example, 48Hz), and this conversion process is called "SRC (sampling rate conversion)". Instead of an integer multiple of SRC (such as 44. 1KHz to 48KHz), it will bring various problems of sound quality deterioration, such as loss of sound source details, distortion, and increased noise floor. The "exclusive USB output" of Haibei Music app means that when users connect Android phones to various decoders (whether small tail or desktop DAC) through USB, they output at the original sampling rate without SRC!
Enrich USB output settings
In this way, the digital signal received by USB decoder is more "pure", and naturally higher playback quality can be obtained. Take myself as an example. After turning on the "USB exclusive output" function, the sound quality of several Android phones I have at hand has been obviously improved:
The sound base has become thicker from the original thin, and the whole output dynamics and clarity have also been greatly improved. Even the subtle noise floor that can be faintly detected when the playback is paused has now completely disappeared ... This kind of sound quality improvement can really be described as "immediate" and it is really worth every Android user to experience!
Rich supporting formats, convenient operation and excellent playback sound quality make Haibei Music app a "dedicated player for local music (including NAS)" for a long time.
But obviously, Haibei music is not satisfied with its simple "tool attribute" positioning, but intends to develop into "music platform attribute".
Some time ago, I heard that Haibei Music app was in contact with Sony Select Hi-Res Music, the first high-resolution streaming music service provider in Chinese mainland, hoping to integrate their contents into Haibei Music app. Today, I got the latest V4. 1. 1 beta version of Haibei Music app from my friends in Haibei Music, and saw that Sony's selected genuine high-resolution audio content was already in it!
Sony Select High Resolution Music Interface
Click on the "HR" sign in the top navigation bar of Haibei Music app V4. 1. 1 to enter "Sony Selected Hi-Res Music". The interface is seamlessly integrated with the original black UI of Haibei Music app, and the overall layout is clear and reasonable from top to bottom. Compared with Apple Music, QQ Music, Netease Cloud and other music platforms, "Sony Select Hi-Res Music" not only has an absolute leading edge in sound quality, but also focuses on classical/jazz music that can better display high-resolution output effects.
There are many classical lovers around me who have registered as their users for a long time and bought advanced members (maximum 192kHz/24bit audio content) on their platforms. Through the deep cooperation between Sony and Haibei Music app, these enthusiasts can directly complete the whole process of high-quality classical music "from selection to purchase to HiFi playback" in one software, and the operation is smoother and more convenient.
Sony Select High Resolution Music Interface
It is worth mentioning that I specially visited the new download mall in version V 4. 1. 1: there are not only large music libraries classified by different music types (classical, jazz, pop, etc.), but also "special areas" established according to different audio formats-MQA, DXD, Dolby Panorama and DSS.
Sony Select High Resolution Music Download Mall /MQA Support
Friends of Haibei Music specially reminded me to pay attention to the "MQA- New Sound Experience" area. Yes, in addition to the platform service of "Sony Selected Hi-Res Music", the version of Haibei Music app V4. 1. 1 has also officially supported the decoding of MQA files. I thought for a moment, Haibei Music app should be the only software that provides this function in China at present!
I have introduced MQA to you before: this is a brand-new high-definition audio coding method, which is characterized by greatly reducing the size of high-resolution audio files and encapsulating them in popular *. FLAC format. A high-resolution audio file with an original capacity of 200-300mb may only have a capacity of 50-60mb (equivalent to a CD file) after MQA encoding. However, the format needs to be decoded by special software and hardware to restore the highest quality in the form of "expansion multiple (similar to decompression)", otherwise it can only be played back as an ordinary FLAC file with low accuracy.
Let me give you another example:
Here is a MQIA music in FLAC format with a file size of about 60mb. When MQA decoding is not enabled, it can only be replayed in FLAC format with 48 kHz and 24-bit specification. However, it is still this document. When I enabled MQA decoding of Haibei Music app, it reverted to 192 KHz and 24bit high-resolution audio! At the same time, the file information also clearly shows that its format is MQA StudioD, not FLAC!
However, in order to ensure MQIA's listening experience, Haibei Music app currently only supports devices that have passed its certification for decoding. The first batch of supported hardware includes not only Haibei Music's own Android Tail FC3, but also Le Tu's Lotoo PAW S 1.
Recently, I also received Sonata MHD of Rhythm Tank, which also passed the MQA certification of Haibei to decode the Android tail. It can be seen that after the installation of the music app connected to Haibei, the sonata MHD shows that Ziguang successfully decoded MQA (other conventional formats are blue light and DSD is green light). Through it, the headphones come with high-resolution audio after "expansion multiple"!
Friends who listen to Haibei music say that they are trying to speed up the certification of various hardware. I think that in the near future, more devices will cooperate with Haibei Music app to show the powerful charm of MQA.
It is reported that Haibei Music continues to enrich the functions of its app. For example, its overseas version has been connected to the famous tidal music library, and the second online music library "HiFi Music Online" in China is expected to be launched soon. Personally, I really hope that they can access pop music-based platforms such as AM/QQ Music/Netease Cloud in the future. In this case, we really don't need to install all kinds of music software in the mobile phone, as long as a shell music app can conquer the world!
From "tool attributes" to "platform attributes", from conventional audio decoding to MQA's "both soft and hard", the version of Haibei Music app V4. 1. 1 is showing its great ambition to become the most powerful music software across Android /iOS platforms.