| Program | PC | Mac | Features | Opinion | Rating |
| Macast 1.0 | * | Play MP3's | Simple but no frills. | *** | |
| Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 | * | Play MP3's and Microsoft Digital Audio | Simple but no frills. Good streaming audio. | *** | |
| Microsoft Media Player for Macintosh (Beta 2) | * | Play MP3's | Simple but no frills. | ** | |
| MusicMatch Jukebox 4.0 | * | Create and play MP3's and play CD's | Beautiful interface, easy to use, fastest ripper, excellent sound quality | ***** | |
| MVP Digital Music System | * | * | Create and play MP3's and play CD's | Nice looking, simple MP3 player, some issues with CD ripper | *** |
| PC DJ Phat 3.7 | * | Create, play and mix MP3's | Mix 2 different tracks simultaneously, excellent quality | ***** | |
| Real Jukebox Beta 1.0.0.386 | * | Play multiple digital formats, create MP3's | Great player but so-so ripper | *** | |
| SoundJam MP | * | Play and Create MP3's | Full-featured player and encoder | **** | |
| Wave Arts WaveSurround Plug-in for WinAmp | * | Add reverb and simulate different speaker locations | Simple, may be effective in your own situation. | **** | |
| WinAmp | * | Play MP3's and CD's | Intuitive, small | **** |
| Caitlin's
favorite MP3 player: MusicMatch
Jukebox
"It plays MP3's and other types of music formats, it has a great CD player built in, and it also does an excellent job ripping MP3's from CD's. The interface is clean and uncluttered." Caitlin's 2nd Favorite MP3 player: PC DJ Phat "I wouldn't use PC DJ as my only MP3 player because it's kinda bulky, but it's a lot of fun to load up a couple of MP3's and mix them together and pretend you're a DJ." |
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