LACQUER: Bit-Perfect Player

Bit-perfect playback with live proof, for the music you own. Every track measured: real hi-res, damaged rips, MP3s in disguise and CDs with pre-emphasis.

LACQUER plays your music bit-perfect and proves it while you listen: every 1.5 seconds it finds what it just sent to the output in the file itself, unchanged to the last bit.

It's made for people who care which master they're hearing. LACQUER asks your USB DAC for each file's own sample rate, leaves every sample as it is, and measures every track you add, so you know what you really have.

YOUR MUSIC • From this iPhone, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, a USB drive or your NAS • From a Navidrome or other Subsonic server • Play on network players such as WiiM, NAD and Bluesound (BluOS); they fetch the original file and play it themselves

PLAYBACK • Bit-perfect at each file's sample rate on a USB DAC, with the proof on screen • The status under each song says when it isn't, and why: the iPhone's speaker, Bluetooth or AirPlay • A VU meter and a live spectrum, full screen on the Stage

KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE • The Verified seal: the audio matches the checksum stored in the file; gold when the music itself is above CD resolution • Spots "hi-res" files that are really CD resolution, lossless files made from an MP3, and damaged rips • Checks rips against their EAC or XLD log • Flags CDs mastered with pre-emphasis • Collection audits your whole library; Rankings sorts your songs by dynamic range and real resolution

LACQUER PRO, A ONE-TIME PURCHASE • The master report: your album's real source, dynamics and spectrum, every track measured • Compare Masters: two versions of a song in sync and equally loud, one tap to switch • De-emphasis with the exact 50/15 µs curve from the CD standard • Share Report: a clean report card of an album's master • The same purchase unlocks Pro in LACQUER for Mac

No account, no ads, no tracking.