Best Music player

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On 01/19/2010 01:52 AM, Andrew Farris wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 10:44 +0100, Bas Roufs wrote:
>>         
>>         1. Rhythmbox 
>>         2. Amarok
>>         3. Audacious
>>         4. Banshee
>>         5. Songbird
>>         
>>         
>>         I suggest you try them all then decide which best suites yo
> 
> 
>> One package I would like to add to this list: VLC. This one is also
>> quite practical for online radio and tv stations.
>> My choice between VLC and Amarok depends from the specific situation.
>> It is always useful to try different multimedia packages. 
> 
> VLC is better for videos than just listening to music...

I'd disagree with that. :-)
I quite like VLC for listening to music; it has considerably more
options for control (codecs, devices, etc), and the supplied equalizer
filters are excellent (particularly when listening to music on a laptop
with tinny speakers. In addition to the ability to set the equalizer to
your own preferences (and save), the built in/added equalizer settings are:

Flat
Classical
Club
Dance
Full Bass
Full bass and treble
Full treble
Headphones
Large Hall
Live
Party
Pop
Reggae
Rock
Ska
Soft
Soft rock
Techno

I've tried, and have installed, all of the other players (including
SMPlayer which is a front-end to Mplayer & I quite like). But when I
want to listen to music so it sounds good to me (I've hearing losses due
to too much time playing in helicopters), I typically fire up VLC & set
to 'Live' with a few minor adjustments. Additionally, I do similar for
DVD/Video's & like the fact that the DVD actually sounds like it does in
the theater with out too much fuss. Works for me :-)