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Add to SafariWhen comparing Vox vs Swinsian, the Slant community recommends Swinsian for most people. In the question“What are the best music players for OSX ?” Swinsian is ranked 8th while Vox is ranked 18th.
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Pros
Pro Supports external DACs & HiRes audio
Pro WAV support
Pro Very high-quality playback
Pro YouTube playlist/channel support
Youtube URLs can be directly pasted to Vox.
Pro SoundCloud integration
Pro Last.fm scrobbling
Pro Works well with huge libraries
Pro .flac support
Pro Very light for the OS
Pro Album art fetching
Pro Smart playlists
Pro Good value for money, paying is common sense
Spotify and others are music on the street and a sore for the eyes.
Pro Clear interface with lists and words!
Pro Playlist view customisation
Pro DSD/DFF file support
Pro Last.fm scrobbling
Pro Can add lyrics
Pro Watches any folders
Cons
Con Interface can be confusing and unintuitive
Playlists and collections are sometimes interchangeable. Many interactions do not have the option to play music and the app is very centred around it's Loop subscription.
Con Collections and Playlists not good enough. Too simple.
When you have a big library you need a little more than just a bunch of names gathered. Adding folders to a collection put all files in a column and that's it. No sign of which album the song is from, cover etc... you have to play the file in order to see more info... Too simple.
Con Premium cost for basic functions like EQ
They upgraded to a "premium" model. Try and find an old version 2.8.x if you want a usable player.
Con Miss-reads iTunes databases
Reads compilations as multiple seperate albums. Creating a unique album for each artist in the compilation.
Con Buggy and hangs often
Con Cloud storage has hefty monthly fee
Con Uses almost as much CPU and memory as iTunes
While the interface is cleaner, the code is not.
Con GUI too small for HI Res screens
Not resizable and everything looks tiny including covers and texts.
Con Stuck on Intel SOC
Needs Rosetta to work on Apple silicon.
Con Expensive
Con No ReplayGain support
Con No dark mode (yet)
Con Cannot export to mp3 devices
Con Inexplicably refuses to play some files
Swinsian won't play ~1/3 of my flacs. Their support says "works for us". Tried rebuilding library etc, nothing worked. Eventually gave up and stopped using it.
