Are these opinions based on a player’s user interface? Features? Actual sound quality?
I’ve found the interfaces on all players have a learning curve. So I picked iTunes and stuck with it.
Pros
—It sends music wirelessly to my stereo via an Airport Express
—Wireless playback includes Internet radio
—I know the interface (see above)
—It works well on my computers
—Sharing – if iTunes is open, all the computers on the network can play its library (yes, I know this is not unique to iTunes)
—The iTunes store has a lot of free content (iTunes University and podcasts)
—The iTunes store has movies and TV episodes for rent and purchase
And, some mythbusting:
—iTunes DOES play MP3s,so you can get music from Amazon, your own CDs, wherever.
—iTunes works fine without an iPod
—iTunes works fine with almost any music file, you do not have to buy anything from the iTunes Store
Con
—For me the only drawback is Internet radio cannot be paused. For that I use Realplayer.