When comparing Musique vs 1by1, the Slant community recommends 1by1 for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for Windows?” 1by1 is ranked 25th while Musique is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose 1by1 is:
Gapless play, transition overlapping, audio enhancer, cue sheet support, playlist support, favorites, theme presets, global hotkeys, and more.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Can handle very large local music libraries
Pro Minimal UI
The UI for Musique is pretty minimal. By not throwing every option in the book into the application, the developers are able to keep the interface clear of any clutter.
Pro Consistent queue simplifies what's playing next
There is a queue on the right side of the player, which shows you what is coming up next. This makes it easy to add a new song or remove a song before it plays to be sure that you/your guests stay in the groove. You can also slowly transition to different genres, not to mention plan ahead and adapt as you need to.
Pro A lot of features
Gapless play, transition overlapping, audio enhancer, cue sheet support, playlist support, favorites, theme presets, global hotkeys, and more.
Pro Small footprint
Very small size, low resource usage, and portable.
Pro Full resume play
Remembers last track and position.
Pro Cool audio equalizers
You can select presets or customize the whole listening experience.
Pro Fast and smooth play
Gapless play is supported. You can add transitions so that the last ten seconds melt into the first of the next song. There is an intro scan where you can fastly find a certain song. When you drag the wheel to the maximum, the loudness is better than with other players.
Pro Fully customizable design
You can adjust every single color. And adjust everything else.
Pro Many settings
You can change everything, including shortcuts that also work in other apps.
Cons
Con No differentation between Album Artist / Track Artist
Albums are sorted via "Album Artist" but each deviating "Track Artist" creates a new album handle. Very bad when you have album tracks where the filename consists of the typical "Artist #1 feat. Artist #2" setting as each of these files creates another album entry.
Con Doesn't resume from last close
Musique won't resume from the last time the app was closed. If you had a great music queue all set up, unfortunately it won't stay there if you close the app.
Con Linux controls don't work
The Linux next/previous buttons don't do anything - you will need to open Musique in order to do anything with it (other than change the volume).
Con Basic installer
The installer sometimes does not create a start menu shortcut. To get full functionality additional steps are required.