At work I have worked my way through the various players as years has passed.
At the beginning I used WinAmp but at some point it used a lot of CPU and I then shifted to Sonique until it was killed in the combination of a Lycos takeover and the IT bubble.
Eventually Sonique were replaced by my beloved iRiver iMP 100 (RioVolt) CD/MP3/WMA player. Tottenham Court Road can be a dangerous place to visit. It still works here 9 years later.
But for 2 years ago it went into the drawer as... Modern times!!... well ever since I FLAC'ed my CD collection... I started out using WMP (bad library handling).
Then my employer forced Vista on us and for some reason I could not get WMP to play FLAC. Searching for alternatives I tried among others MediaMonkey, VLC, etc before ending up with SqueezeBox Server + SqueezeSlave.
Jan.
Main: Touch -> Beresford Caiman II -> Carver A-500x -> B&W 704
Office: Duet (Audiocom)
-> Luxman L-210 -> Stax SR84 Pro
-> Beresford Bushmaster -> Superlux HD668B
Server: A8-5500, 4 GB, SSD + 2*1 TB, Win8 w. SBS 7.9 (SQLite w. High Mem)
Tied together by D-Link DIR-655 + DGS-1008D