Onkyo HF Player - Hi-Res Music

There in no doubt this is one awesome music player. I am by no means an audiophile, but I do appreciate quality audio equipment — that includes apps that faithfully reproduce my music. HOWEVER, the last two changes are just downright annoying. A banner ad at the bottom?! Okay, so it does not appear on the main player screen, but it does take up space. This last update introduced a mini-player. Is that really necessary? That in addition to the banner ad really takes up some serious room. Even on an iPhone 6s. Does Onkyo really need to generate paltry revenue from ads for movies and soda pop? I suppose I could pay to have the ad removed, but that is a lot to pay since I do not need the added features to play high definition audio. Since this is a free app I will put up with it. But I would be willing to pay a dollar or two to get rid of the ad without having to pay the price asked for to unlock the high end features. Other than that it is a very nice and useful app.

If you aren’t aware - the latest update release note roughly translated to English means: made correct = corrected issues = fixed some bugs. Take a look at your most recently updated Apps, you’ll probably see something like this; ‘we corrected issue xyz and fixed some bugs’ Well, Onkyo is telling you the same thing, got it? Good. Now, I really don’t understand what all the fuss is about. I’ve never seen a single ad*, no sign of a mini-player, the UI is intuitive and my music library is organized and looks very sharp. Listening to your music precisely how you like is what this App is all about as the equalizer gives you an infinite amount of adjustment. So tweak it to your liking. side notes - • probably no ads because I’m on a VPN • excellent equalizer presets with the added perk of listening to presets from top musical artists • it makes perfect sense to me • do you know how to properly use your iDevice • don’t be afraid to explore the App I’ve been on an iPhone user since the first day the original iPhone was released for sale in the United States back in June 2007 or so. I think I’m on my twelfth iPhone or thereabout and I’ve owned more than 4000 Apps over the past 11 years or so.

I’ll leave this short and sweet. There are some reviewers who have complained of a “serious” navigation flaw. I don’t understand how it’s “serious”, you just have to navigate back to your album page after you’ve CLOSED the app, which, to me, isn’t a “problem” at all. Bottom line: the sound quality is unparalleled in iOS, flat-out. Pay the $10 for the “hi-fi” playback for FLAC files, listen away, and never look back. I’ll never purchase another music player for iOS, because this one is that good.

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I love this app for its functionality and ability to play hi res music and have purchased it for the ability to play dsd files. It’s easy to use and sounds great, but it’s causing my iPhone backups to be huge because it is backing up my hi res music files when doing an iPhone backup. Some apps allow you to select whether they are included in the backups, but there is no such selection with this app so I have ended up having to buy more iCloud storage to accommodate these huge backups that this app is causing. Emailing support has been useless so far because they have offered no troubleshooting and their only suggestion is to contact Apple. I don’t believe this to be an IOS issue because no other music apps that I have tried have caused these huge backups even with hi res audio added to them. Bottom line is that so far there has been no support for an app that has been paid for. Beware

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This is a solid piece of software ruined by idiotic middle management who, looking for a feather in their cap, decide to add ads and ruin an otherwise perfectly useful product. I know the engineers didn’t do that. I, like many people, hate ads and will not tolerate them. I would be willing to pay a few dollars to remove them. But $10 in an in-app purchase that can’t even be shared? Absolutely not. Onkyo burns good will treating their customers this way while the original app had built good will. I own Onkyo hardware but when a company “pulls a Sony” I not only refuse to give them my money with future products, I become an evangelist against them. So, middle managers, do the math: you have received no payment from me, I block ads, and now I refuse to buy your product and persuade others not to as well. That looks like a loss to me.