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Large Audio Libraries

My question is fairly simple - is there a PC-based "jukebox" (WMP, iTunes, etc.) that handles a large music library efficiently? I have about 1500 CDs (16K songs) currently in WMP 10 - it does okay, but it takes a long time to manipulate the interface on a lot of tasks, given the size of the library. This wouldn't be the first time that MSFT released software that was, um, sluggish on early releases and then let the hardware catch up. I'm wondering if there are other players that would handle a library of this size efficiently.

Second, what are the key things to do to ensure performance in WMP 10? It seems disk bound, so I'm assuming just having fast drives is the only real help, but does a significant addition of RAM help, for instance?

Finally - any good resources (links) on audio PC libraries and how to get good peformance?

Thanks, Kirk
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