BAPU vs Nyquist Player

BAPU is a high-end audio player, that provides the best starting point for your audio system. Your music will sound better everywhere with BAPU, in your car, in Bluetooth speakers, in headsets and home stereos. You can play DSD files natively or DSD64 files can be played as PCM. Audio can be up sampled or downsampled with the mastering-quality sample rate conversion algorithm and maximum sample-rate conversion quality. You can A/B test BAPU audio engine. Main features: - Compatibility: High resolution audio support, support all common audio formats (including WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, AAC (M4A,MP4), DSD (DFF, DSF): The music files must be copied to BAPU's own folder either using the Finder, using iTunes' File Sharing or using the iOS device's Files App.), support for iOS compatible external audio cards (up to 24bit/384kHz resolution), provides better sound for 3rd party applications via BAPU Inter-App Audio sound driver (In-App purchase). - Efficiency: Play your music longer than with other players and thus saving your battery lifespan. - The best sound: Analogue like sound quality, clear details, accurate timing, higher dynamic range, jitter and distortion free sound. - Connectivity: iTunes File Sharing for music transfer (located in iPhone/iPad settings in iTunes). Apple iCloud Files Sharing for music transfer. Transferring music from Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud and other Apple Files App compatible clouds. What it does: - BAPU player will improve the performance of all your audio systems regardless of the quality of your audio equipment - Improves sound quality of all different audio file formats - Produces completely jitter-free sound - Produces completely distortion-free sound - Brings high-end quality of digital audio sound, a feature unheard off until now in mobile devices What happens to your sound - The coldness and harshness of digital sound will vanish completely and the sound becomes organic - Timing of the transients in music will be played out as they were originally recorded - You will find new amazing details in the the music - The true dynamics of the music recording will be revealed In-App purchases: -Marko Hietala's debut album Mustan sydämen rovio in high-quality FLAC 48kHz/24bit, FLAC 96kHz/24bit and FLAC 192kHz/24bit lossless format redigitized with the audio technology developed by Artificial Intelligence Technologies J.K. Oy. -Marko Hietala's debut album Pyre Of The Black Heart in high-quality FLAC 96kHz/24bit lossless format redigitized with the audio technology developed by Artificial Intelligence Technologies J.K. Oy. -BAPU Inter-App Audio Driver: You can improve the sound quality of your all high quality synthesizers and media players if they support Apple's Inter-App Audio output. This is a subscription based purchase. You can either choose a monthly or a yearly based subscription. One month FREE trial. This Audio Driver is an Auto-Renewable subscription. You can choose either Monthly or Yearly based subscription. The first month in both subscriptions is free. Monthly cost for Audio Driver: 1.99 euros, Yearly cost: 19.99 euros You can turn off your BAPU Inter-App Audio Driver subscription any time in your Account Settings. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase.

Nyquist is a native, file-first music player for audiophiles who keep large local libraries on SSDs, external drives, and NAS shares. It is not a streaming app — it is a fast, precise playback tool built for people who care about sample rates, bit depth, and an honest signal path. WHY NYQUIST • Bit-perfect intent — On macOS, Nyquist matches your DAC's hardware sample rate to each file (44.1 → 88.2/176.4, 48 → 96/192) and waits for the clock to re-lock so CoreAudio performs no resampling. No cross-family conversions are ever forced on your music. • True gapless playback — Sample-accurate transitions between tracks of the same format, so albums by Pink Floyd, Tool, Daft Punk, live sets, and classical recordings flow without a single gap. • Network play — Discover UPnP/DLNA receivers on your network (Denon, HEOS, and friends) and stream the original file straight to them, with gapless hand-off on receivers that support it. Network devices sit right next to your DACs in the output picker. • Track analysis — A built-in lab for every file: a whole-track waveform with peak, RMS, and dynamic-range readouts; EBU R128 / BS.1770 integrated loudness with ReplayGain; a long-term spectrum that exposes upsampled "hi-res" and lossy-sourced "lossless" files; a full spectrogram; plus live spectrum, level meters, and a stereo goniometer — each with a plain-language verdict. • On-device search — A private, persistent index of your saved locations, with filters by file type and metadata field (title, artist, album, genre, composer, label, year, format). Nothing leaves your device. • Built for huge libraries — Folder-first browsing that behaves like a high-performance file browser, not a slow database. Lazy-loaded discovery means no full-library scan before you can press play, even across 50,000+ tracks. A topology view classifies your folders into artists, albums, EPs, singles, live sets, compilations, box sets, and discs. • NAS-aware — Add SMB shares directly or through the Files app. Remote tracks start instantly while a background copy makes seeks immediate, and the next track is prefetched for seamless rotation. • Playlists — Organize your music into groups and playlists saved as portable .m3u8 files in a folder you choose. Point every device at the same folder — including a NAS share added through the Files app — and your playlists stay in sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Build them from tracks, whole folders, or the current queue, then reorder and edit them anywhere. • Background playback — On iPhone and iPad, playback keeps going when you lock the screen or switch apps, with working lock-screen and Control Center transport — including while streaming to a network receiver. • Flexible volume — On iPhone and iPad the slider follows your device's system volume; on macOS, choose software gain, your DAC's own hardware volume (bit-perfect at any level), or a fixed 100% for maximum purity. An optional limiter caps the level across every output — even against the hardware volume buttons — to prevent accidental loud jumps. • Exclusive (hog) mode — Optionally take exclusive ownership of your DAC during playback on macOS. • Flexible output routing — On macOS, choose the exact CoreAudio output device (USB DAC, built-in, and more); your choice is remembered across launches. On iPhone and iPad, send audio to AirPlay, Bluetooth, or wired outputs with the system route picker. • Deep technical transparency — Inspect format, sample rate, bit depth (with FLAC/ALAC recovery), channel count, codec, and a live signal-path view showing source rate, output rate, and bit-perfect / resampling / exclusive status. • Memory-friendly — Tracks are streamed from disk frame-by-frame, never decoded whole into RAM, so even 24/192 material stays light on resources. SUPPORTED FORMATS FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AIFF, WAV, and AAC today. The engine is format-agnostic, with DSD and SACD ISO planned.