Best Alternative Music player for Windows – List

Tired of using Windows Media Player and the seemingly resource hungry Winamp. Personally I hate iTunes for some odd reason, I never figured out why. So did a little searching, tried out a few other alternative music players, checked their performance, etc. Now there is no one software that fits all, It all comes down to personal choice. My choice has been Foobar2000. Dont worry, other music players for windows have been listed at the end of this post for you to check out.

Foobar2000 is a lightweight, free audio player for Windows that supports multiple audio formats and replay gain. The program has a very minimalist look but is very easily customizable to suit personal preferences. It also supports plugins, tagging, keyboard shortcuts and a lot more. The download is quite small at only 3MB and installation is pretty quick as well. This is my personal choice, since I need a low resource usage music player that can work in the background while I am playing a game or other resouce intensive application.

35 of the best music players for Windows

For users who wants to see all the good music players for Windows, here is the list. I am not going to review each, the links should take you to the respective pages where you can find more info. The ones marked in bold are quite popular.

aTunes
AIMP2
Alpha2
AquaLung (linux)
BS.Player
Cool Player
E Jukebox
Foobar2000
Groovy Media Player
iTunes
J.River Media Center
J.River Media Jukebox
Jaangle
Jet Audio
KMPlayer
Muffin Music Player
MediaMan
MediaMonkey
Media Player Classic (comes with windows)
MusicBee
Quintessential Player
Real Player
Songbird
Spider Player
Spotify
The Godfather
VLC Player
vuplayer
Winamp
Windows Media Center (comes with windows)
Windows Media Player (comes with windows)
Xion Player
XBMC Media Center
XMPlay
Zune

About the Author of this post

Alfred is a Pilot & Tech blogger from Bangalore, India. He has worked with DSL providers like AOL, SBC, Verizon & Covad as a tech specialist. Currently he is pursuing a career in aviation.
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