Best software for Classical music?

[Bufo Bill]

Hi can anyone tell me if there's a good player/ library organiser for classical music? I currently have a small library of music on my SSD, so am not yet tied in to one format or system. I have iTunes running ATM, and although things are much better than they were metadata wise, I am not seeing many of you running iTunes on a PC. Am I wrong here or am I missing something? Is there a dream player/library combo out there for classical fans?

All the best from Bill. 

[Bufo Bill]

Hi, thanks for your quick reply. Yes I am on PC. Will check out musiChi, and am heartened that Jriver has some good options for the classical music enthusiast. 

Many thanks from Bill. 

[Bufo Bill]

Thanks @Old Listener, I've downloaded the Jriver trial, listening to my first tracks now (I'm very much an "album" type of guy so it'll be the whole of "Sacred Music of Russian Orthodox Church" if anyone is interested). I was pleasantly suprised by the interface and the music has much more subtlety (I'm hearing a lack of compression I think). I'll get to grips a little more before I buy but initially I love it. 

Many thanks from Bill. 

[Bufo Bill]

@rando, I am once again very grateful to you for your comprehensive reply. I like the look of Jplay, perhaps to the point of stressing the wallet moths further, the trigger finger is a little

twitchy . . .

@Old Listener, will be giving your link a thorough read this evening, thank you so much, it looks like just what I need. 

All the best from Bill. 

[Bufo Bill]

Thank you @S Vale. 

From Bill. 

[Bufo Bill]

46 minutes ago, DomieMic65 said:

+1 for MusiCHi

Thanks. 

So to take things a step further, listened to Foobar, and didn't like it as much as Jriver. I'm running out of cash for the moment, so I'm not going to take the software any further right now. 

I would love to hear whether people find much improvement with Jplay, or does it just heap more work onto the Processor?

Many thanks from Bill. 

[Bufo Bill]

7 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

Hi, if you want classical music organizer/library, than the players mentioned above will give you some options to choose from. If you want great sound quality and you are not afraid of command-line bare linux try wtf-player, it is free, simple and would be used in Windows computer.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think Linux is for me just yet, still trying to get my head around Windows at this stage. 

Many thanks from Bill.

[Bufo Bill]

Thanks so much for all these suggestions, many of which are new to me. I'll look into all of them over the next couple of weeks. 

Many thanks from Bill   

[Bufo Bill]

Hi all, thanks for all the help you've all provided, I guess an update would be a good idea. I eventually invested in a full version of JRiver, the player is good, but the customisation options for the tagging really sold this software to me. 

@paultaylor, thanks for posting, I will check out your product in the next couple of months, having to spend a lot on a new car ATM, when I get a bit of cash back in the bank, I will more than likely be in touch.