HQ Audio Player

HQ Audio Player is an application that serves to play MP3 and WAV audio files, providing easy means to create custom playlists on the go. It is suited for users who are seeking a very simplistic approach to audio playback, as it encases a restricted and limited set of features, compared to other audio players with richer features.

The installation process is a bit tricky and a high dose of attention is required during the setup, because the package may include a series of third-party applications which you are better off. Unless you're interested, you can decline all of them, seeing as they have no relation to the program’s functionality.

In terms of appearance, HQ Audio Player sports minimalistic looks. It’s easy on the eyes and can be figured out with little efforts since all options are revealed at startup. As stated, the program can only handle MP3 and WAV files, which is a bit disappointing for a modern player when taking into account the abundance of audio file types available worldwide.

Files can only be added to the playback section using the popup browser triggered by the buttons inside the GUI, because drag and drop is not supported. What's worse, it's not possible to select multiple tracks to add them at once. Instead, you have to import one files at a time. The bright side is that you can open playlists to add all listed tracks to the queue.

You can create and save playlists in DAT format, but there’s no option to load this type of content in other formats than DAT, such as M3U. The built-in equalizer allows you to adjust the way audio files sound. Controls for play, stop, resume, balance and volume are also available.

Overall, HQ Audio Player is unimpressive, both in appearance and functionality. With the current feature set, it cannot meet the needs of the average users and most definitely cannot compete with major audio players that offer richer options and configuration settings, even for the casual user.