FLAC on Android, Is it worth the trouble to listen to FLAC on a android phone? Options

[bsiffredi]

Hello, everyone

I'm new here, so I'd like to first congratulate everyone that participates in these discussions, because I think it's important stuff.

So, here's the topic:

I have bought my first smartphone recently, it's a Samsung Galaxy Ace running Android 2.3.4 (I guess they call it Gingerbread). I want to use it as a music player, so I'm trying out different players available, like WinAmp and PowerAmp. Until now, I was able to play FLAC files only using PowerAmp.

My question is:

Is Android capable of playing FLAC with real sound accuracy and quality, or is the accuracy and quality in some way reduced through the process of playing it? Have there been any tests to assert this?

[Porcus]

Apart from the OP's question:

I can't see why owners of a (fanless and silent) tablet wouldn't want to use that one as a playback tool in their home.

Of course it can be used as such without actually supporting any audio format, by remote controlling a computer that does the actual playback (and of course, Android does not have fb2k ...), but just because a device is 'portable' it does not mean you cannot use it inside your own castle

This post has been edited by Porcus: Jan 27 2012, 19:44