About Neutron Music Player (Eval)
Neutron Player is an advanced music player with an audiophile-grade platform-independent in-house developed 32/64-bit audio engine which does not rely on the OS music player API and thus delivers truly unique experience...
Neutron Player is an advanced music player with an audiophile-grade platform-independent in-house developed 32/64-bit audio engine which does not rely on the OS music player API and thus delivers truly unique experience to you.
* It outputs hi-res audio directly to the internal DAC (including USB DAC) and offers a rich set of DSP effects.
* It is the only application capable of sending audio data to the network renderers (UPnP/DLNA, Chromecast) with all DSP effects applied, including the gapless playback.
* It features a unique PCM to DSD real-time oversampling mode (if supported by DAC), so you can play your favorite music in DSD resolution.
* It offers the sophisticated user interface with an advanced media library functionality that is appreciated by audiophiles and music lovers from all parts of our world!
FEATURES
* 32/64-bit hi-res audio processing (HD audio)
* OS and platform independent decoding and audio processing
* Hi-Res Audio support (up to 32-bit, 1.536 MHz):
- devices with on-board Hi-Res Audio DACs
- DAPs: iBasso, Cayin, Fiio, HiBy, Shanling, Sony
* Bit-perfect playback
* Supports all audio formats
* Native DSD (direct or DoP), DSD
* Multi-channel native DSD (4.0 - 5.1: ISO, DFF, DSF)
* Output all to DSD
* DSD to PCM decoding
* DSD formats: DFF, DSF, ISO SACD/DVD
* Module music formats: MOD, IM, XM, S3M
* Voice audio format: SPEEX
* Playlists: CUE, M3U, PLS, ASX, RAM, XSPF, WPL
* Lyrics (LRC files, metadata)
* Streaming audio (plays Internet radio streams, Icecast, Shoutcast)
* Supports large media libraries
* Network music sources:
- SMB/CIFS network device (NAS or PC, Samba shares)
- UPnP/DLNA media server
- SFTP (over SSH) server
- FTP server
- WebDAV server
* Output to Chromecast (up to 24-bit, 192 kHz, no limit for a format or DSP effects)
* Output to UPnP/DLNA Media Renderer (up to 24-bit, 768 kHz, no limit for a format or DSP effects)
* Direct output to USB DAC (via USB OTG adapter, up to 32-bit, 768 kHz)
* UPnP/DLNA Media Renderer server (gapless, DSP effects)
* UPnP/DLNA Media Server
* Device local music library management via internal FTP server
* DSP effects:
- Parametric Equalizer (4-60 band, per channel, fully configurable: type, frequency, Q, gain)
- Graphic EQ mode (21 presets)
- Frequency Response Correction (5000+ AutoEq presets for 2500+ headphones, user defined)
- Surround Sound (Ambiophonic RACE)
- Crossfeed (better stereo sound perception in headphones)
- Compressor / Limiter (compression of dynamic range)
- Time Delay (loudspeaker time alignment)
- Dithering (minimize quantization)
- Pitch, Tempo (playback speed and pitch correction)
- Phase Inversion (channel polarity change)
- Pseudo-stereo for Mono tracks
* Speaker overload protecting filters: Subsonic, Ultrasonic
* Normalization by Peak, RMS (Preamp gain calculation after DSP effects)
* Tempo/BPM analysis and categorization
* Replay Gain from metadata
* Gapless playback
* Hardware and Preamp volume controls
* Crossfade
* High quality real-time optional resampling
* Real-time Spectrum, Waveform, RMS analyzers
* Balance (L/R)
* Mono mode
* Profiles (multiple configurations)
* Playback modes: Shuffle, Loop, Single Track, Sequential, Queue, A-B Repeat
* Playlist management
* Media library grouping by: album, artist, composer, genre, year, rating, folder
* Artist grouping by 'Album Artist' category
* Tag editing: MP3, FLAC, OGG, APE, SPEEX, WAV, WV, M4A, MP4 (medium: internal, SD, SMB, SFTP)
* Folder mode
* Clock mode
* Timers: sleep, wake
* Android Auto
NOTE
It is a time limited (5 days) full-featured evaluation version. Unlimited version is here: http://tiny.cc/11l5jz
SUPPORT
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Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Neutron Music Player (Eval) since it was posted on our website on 2015-04-26 03:00:00.
The latest version is 2.25.8 and it was updated on 2025-03-04 20:00:08. See below the changes in each version.
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.25.8
Updated At: 2025-02-25
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.25.8
Updated At: 2025-02-08
Changes: * New:
- Queue → Auto-clear option: clears queue automatically before new tracks are added to it
* Improved detection of hi-res capabilities on Android 15+
! Fixed:
- list scroller going outside visible region in portrait mode on some resolutions
- crash in 32-bit ARM package
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.25.7
Updated At: 2025-01-20
Changes: * New:
- Hi-res driver: support for Android 15+
- DSP widget mode: RMS widget + Album Art
- User Manual in settings → Help
- manual sorting of source entries inside Sources category
- support DSD2048
- support PCM 2822400, 3072000 Hz
* Allow Ambiophonics RACE for > 2 channel output for simulation of Concert Hall effect with multi-speaker configuration (> 3 channels)
! Fixed:
- IPv6 WebDAV path truncated when entered in Address field
- various minor crashes
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.25.3
Updated At: 2024-12-01
Changes: * Support for FiiO J family DAPs (JM21)
! Fixed:
- could not scan folder or open file if name has leading space
- damaged FLAC could not be read fully due to resync process breaking the read operation
- Network settings were not visually updated when reset with a bottom -middle button
- crash if sorting track when refreshed source entry reloaded tracklist
- other rare crashes
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.25.2
Updated At: 2024-11-15
Changes: ! Fixed:
- Delay of Surround DSP could not be set to max value at 384+ kHz
- EQ's bands not updated in Controls screen when EQ preset is reset from its dialog
- garbled DSD playback if Connection and Controls - Sound Feedback is On and playback is controlled with headset media buttons
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.25.1
Updated At: 2024-11-02
Changes: * New:
- Ratings -> Ignore Metadata option: to ignore rating in the tags/metadata of the music file when importing it to the media library
* Improved and re-enabled Backup/Restore functionality via Neutron Console (check FAQ how to backup/restore Neutron's settings: https://neutroncode.com/faq/73-backup-restore)
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.25.0
Updated At: 2024-10-26
Changes: * New:
- ability to Backup/Restore settings via Neutron Console (subscription)
- ability to create NeutronID via Settings - NeutronID - [+]
* Sleep Timer: show absolute time additionally (can also be edited manually)
* Pitch/Tempo DSP: increased precision of displayed slider value to 0.0001
! Fixed:
- could replay shuffle history if already played track is selected again manually from the track list
- missing 32-bit Int support for iBasso DX180
- max PCM rate for HiBy R4
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.24.7
Updated At: 2024-09-08
Changes: * More compatibility works related to Android 14 SDK and all Android versions
! Fixed:
- gapless FLAC
- PCM to DSD could not be set to DSD64 (now a separate option, default is DSD128)
- Output To: Google Nest Hub Max could not be found (Nest's fw bug)
- false Trial Expired and related misbehavior when launching app with USB DAC/Headphones attached
- playlists could not be loaded if there are leading / in the file paths
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.24.6
Updated At: 2024-08-24
Changes: * Improved:
- compatibility with Android 14 and earlier versions
- SFTP IPv6 support
* Fixed:
- USB DAC can not be acquired reliably (regression of 2.24.5)
- if USB DAC access permission is rejected audio engine is left without active driver
Note: if Trial Expired appears it is a problem of Google Play services stuck on your device, not fault of Neutron - clear cache of Neutron, Google Play Store app and Google Play services, reboot device, then re-open Neutron from Google Play!
Neutron Music Player (Eval) version 2.24.5
Updated At: 2024-08-18
Changes: * Improved:
- compatibility on Android 14+ after targeting Android 14 in 2.24.4 (as per Google's requirement)
- behavior of Direct USB Access -> Release Inactive Device
! Fixed:
- getting access permission for USB DAC on Android 14+
- IPv6 support for SFTP sources (use [IP]:PORT notation if you need to input port)
- Gain slider could not reach 100 due to rounding
- Wake-Up Timer is now correctly working with USB DACs being released when Idle, DSD tracks do not break alarm
