Your Preferred Music Player?

**Mousey** · Jun 8, 2009, 05:53 PM

I'm curious to know which application you guys will turn to as your preferred music player

Today i checked out hardWIRED and a friend of mine was writing a review of SongBird 1.2 BETA and it looked good so i thought i'd check it out. I liked it so much it's replaced Media Monkey which i swore by

So tell me, which is your favourite and why?

FuNsTeR · Jun 8, 2009, 06:04 PM

winamp

**MIG-31** · Jun 8, 2009, 06:07 PM

Just to keep it simple... WMP.

anonemus · Jun 8, 2009, 06:14 PM

Winamp. Unobtrusive and simple!

niceguyrichy · Jun 8, 2009, 06:18 PM

depends what comp I'm on and what circumstances are.
if i'm on the laptop it'll usually be Creative so I can use my remote, sometimes WMP, sometimes winamp, sometimes GOM etc. like I say, it depends

Judas · Jun 8, 2009, 06:31 PM

I use Winamp specifically for music only...

Windows Media Player 12 for Ripping music and watching videos.... even for quicktime videos or realplayer videos.....

Tyrsonswood · Jun 8, 2009, 06:39 PM

WMP................... it works and it's there so no hassle. This is for playback of pre-recorded music.....

When I'm working on my own music I use my DAW, reaper, and if I need to burn CDs of my stuff an old version of Audio Studio. But this isn't what the poll is about.

**temeteus82** · Jun 8, 2009, 06:57 PM

Winamp since it's birth

Neshi · Jun 8, 2009, 07:00 PM

the core media player.
I like the way it handles video's. No hassle with getting subtitles in.. just name it the same as the movie and keep it in the same folder, it will automatically add it.
It's very good with audio as well..

Cow_160483 · Jun 8, 2009, 07:38 PM

WMP just to keep everything simple, but VLC for everything else

RoyBatty · Jun 8, 2009, 08:10 PM

foobar2000, small but powerful. I switched from Winamp quite some time ago mainly because of the complete replay gain support.

BlueMak · Jun 8, 2009, 08:23 PM

Since you asked for music only, vuplayer.

mkk · Jun 8, 2009, 11:20 PM

Winamp (lite). All I need is a goddam' music player and the less I see of it the better.

Zelig · Jun 9, 2009, 12:46 AM

foobar as my main player, winamp to play stuff when I have foobar paused and don't want to reset the playlist.

Mac Daddy · Jun 9, 2009, 01:35 AM

Jetaudio I have used for years but ya know nothing wrong with the new WMP

**dj_stick** · Jun 9, 2009, 01:40 AM

Used to be WMP, but since i've gone ot the dark (light?) side of the Macintosh, I've been using iTunes for music, just 'cause it's there, and Quicktime/VLC for videos, or FrontRow when my MBA is hooked up to my home theatre

[hobo]eclipse · Jun 9, 2009, 01:59 AM

foobar, installation less zip package ftw

Sic Puppy · Jun 9, 2009, 04:34 AM

I like winamp but as I have an iPod, iTunes makes everything so much simpler when it comes to sorting my music, so iTunes gets my vote.

Tipstaff · Jun 9, 2009, 06:20 AM

foobar2000. It plays everything (although you need a plugin for APE and ALAC), very simple player interface (although customizable), fast, crap load of some very useful plugins, but for me the highlight is that it's got Kernel Streaming support for bit-exact playback.

Callandor · Jun 9, 2009, 09:35 AM

I used to use Winamp but now due to a combination of owning a few ipods, simplify media and generally liking the sound of the player and growing used to it, iTunes. Plus with my current rig cpu cycles are not a problem.

At work iTunes and VLC.

I use Rythmbox on my linux machines.

charm_quark · Jun 9, 2009, 06:05 PM

vlc,,, all the way

RoyBatty · Jun 9, 2009, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

...Kernel Streaming support for bit-exact playback.

I use the WASAPI plugin, not that I could tell the sound quality difference, but I like that it mutes other applications sounds.

IvanV · Jun 9, 2009, 09:59 PM

Winamp, because it's simple and it gets the work done.

And for occasional listening to Internet radio stations, Screamer.

Falstaff · Jun 9, 2009, 10:20 PM

Denon USA | DP-500M

Tyrsonswood · Jun 9, 2009, 10:23 PM

I take it that fits in the "other" category?

Robert McClelland · Jun 9, 2009, 11:23 PM

I take winamp and online radio 977 Music - The Next Generation of Radio

winamp mostly because most people know that sometime they Show Adult TV in winamp which parnets should set password for there kids hehe. Does any other player have winamp tv?

Mac Daddy · Jun 10, 2009, 02:06 AM

Just for the record I hate Winamp ...

Tipstaff · Jun 10, 2009, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoyBatty

I use the WASAPI plugin, not that I could tell the sound quality difference, but I like that it mutes other applications sounds.

Just to let people know that WASAPI is for Vista and Windows 7, and works in the same way as Kernel Streaming does, but has a larger sound card support. Essentially, if you are using XP, use Kernel Streaming, and if you have Vista/Windows 7, use WASAPI.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Just for the record I hate Winamp ...

I used to like it way back in the day when it was just a simple player, but year after year, version after version, WinAMP has gone down the toilet. As soon as I found foobar2000... punt! Out WinAmp went. MediaMonkey would be my second choice. Infact, I install it on all the machines I sell.

Mac Daddy · Jun 10, 2009, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

I used to like it way back in the day when it was just a simple player, but year after year, version after version, WinAMP has gone down the toilet. As soon as I found foobar2000... punt! Out WinAmp went. MediaMonkey would be my second choice. Infact, I install it on all the machines I sell.

Exactly !!

To many gadgets now and eye candy ... well on the last version I tried anyway maybe it has changed.

**dj_stick** · Jun 10, 2009, 02:35 PM

I used to use Winamp V2 for ages, when V3 came out i tried it, didn't like it, went back to V2, then as my music collection grew I ended up using WMP (starting at v7 I believe, on WinME) to organise my library

Jun 8, 2009, 05:53 PM	#1
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