Dirac HD Player App for iPhone Earbuds Review
Dirac HD Player App
Summary
- Product Name: HD Player for iPhone Earbuds
- Manufacturer: Dirac
- Performance Rating:
- Value Rating:
- Review Date: December 04, 2012 13:15
- MSRP: $ 2.99
- Specifications
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Genuine Sound Improvement: This is
not a generic sound effect, it is tailored to the original iPhone earphones and controls their actual
acoustic properties. This is the only way to achieve a genuine improvement.
- Easy-to-use: No complicated knobs or
settings, simply better sound. Toggle the sound improvement button ON/OFF and hear the
difference.
- The usual simple functionality: Dirac HD
Player incorporates the usual simple functionality that you are accustomed to with your iPhone, while
the optimization runs in the background.
- Sound quality benefits: Dirac HD Player
gives the listener a natural sound with increased clarity in music and voices; it
deepens the bass and removes resonances and other acoustic problems that degrade the sound
reproduction.
- Cost efficient: A very
cost efficient and green alternative to upgrading to more
expensive earphones.
The app is also available in a free version, Dirac HD Player Lite, that has the same functionality as the Dirac HD Player, except the following features:
- Import playlists
- Create playlists
- Quick alphabetic search index of songs
- Shuffle and Repeat functions
- iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPod touch (4th and 5th generation)
- iOS 5.1 or later
- Tailored for Apple original Earphones and Apple original
EarPods
** NOTE! iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud not yet fully supported.
DRM protected music from iTunes is not supported by Dirac HD Player. **
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Genuine Sound Improvement: This is
not a generic sound effect, it is tailored to the original iPhone earphones and controls their actual
acoustic properties. This is the only way to achieve a genuine improvement.
Pros
- Makes your earbuds bearable
- Cheap
- Easy to use
Cons
- Still have to use the earbuds
- No manual adjustment
- iTunes Match, Cloud not fully supported
- DRM protected music not supported
Introduction
The question I believe I need to answer is whether purchasing the Dirac HD Player for your stock iPhone earbuds is better than buying a new set of headphones. Well, if you could point me to $2.99 headphones that perform as well as the Dirac HD Player, I'd say no. But you are going to have to spend upwards of $40-$60 to get something that sounds as good as the Dirac HD player. While it can't turn your earbuds into $500 headphones, it can take something that sounds fairly horrible out of the box and make them sound so much better than you won't believe your ears. I know I didn't.
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smurphy522 posts on December 05, 2012 07:28
I use the lite (free) version of the App. I would agree there is a considerable improvement in the sound quality. I only use the stock Apple buds during my commute in a van pool. If I use my better sounding Shure IEMs then I cannot have/hear any bit of a conversation with co-workers.
It makes the stock buds bearable to say the least!
It makes the stock buds bearable to say the least!
boxerdog posts on December 04, 2012 20:51
Tried the Dirac Lite on Iphone 5 with earbuds. Music tested Jesse Cook Montreal. Midrange was enhanced but some of the highs and lows could not be heard until it was turned off. For my music tastes Standard music player is much better.
brianedm posts on December 04, 2012 17:48
Doesn't matter, the iphone head phones fall out of my big ears every 5 seconds
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