Staring back with Windows 98 I used to be a diehard winamp user. I loved firing it up into windowshade mode and listening to some MP3s and streaming radio online.
In later years however I had sadly noticed it was getting slower, more resource intensive and bloated. It started including random junk that I did not want nor need. This was something that I couldn't accept in a simple program used to just play some music.
I had started to read more and more about another player rising in popularity named foobar2000 and decided to give it a try. It not only had a basic look to it (which I admit took me a while to get used to) but was also made by a former winamp programmer who left the former project after the winamp 3 flop.
I noticed how foobar2000 came installed with many popular formats support built right in, but would also startup quite quickly and was really light on RAM (using up 8 megs instead of winamp 5s 32 megs on startup without any music loaded and playing). You can also use some handy extensions and heavily customize it for your needs if you'd like.
From basic users to the more advanced music fans, I recommend checking out this great audio player.
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URL: http://www.foobar2000.org/
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