What Audio Software do I use?

What Audio Software do I use? I will list a few of my favorites here.

For Audio files one needs to have a few important utilities, Flac is a must have
One should get The Flac Codecs and a program called Flac Frontend. Freeware by the way.
Flac Frontend
Flac

I like to listen to CDs on my computer, and I preder to use a CD Player called VUPlayer, it has capabilities of playing CDs and of playing music files on your hard drive. It will play Flac Files without your needing to decode them, and in fact will convert your CDs or files on your hard drive into Flac files if you wish. Freeware also.
VUPlayer

Here I will sound a little hyocritical, but I also like to use another program when I do play files on my hard drive, it is called Foobar 2000, Foobar 2000 will play CDs also but I am just used to using VU Player, so I use both programs. One can download and instal SHN Codecs for Foobar 2000 too. Guess what, FREEWARE!
Foobar 2000

Another very useful program is Traders Little Helper. It is useful for encoding and decoding both Flac and Shn files. If one has a problem file, TLH seems to be a great program to turn to. I have some SHN files that were sent to me on CDs in trades that flat out would not decode without errors. TLH seems to have been able to decode and then re-encode to an error free file. Freeware also folks.
Traders Little Helper

If one has a long file that needs to be edited, or of you wish to record a file, Audacity is a great program, it is free to boot. I used to use a program called Cool Edit but in fact I prefer Audacity. Need I say, its free.
Audacity

To burn CDs and DVDs I use Nero, I think that the burning feature built into XP is not the greatest, Nero does the job right. Sorry, you have to buy Nero, it is commercial software.
Nero

Once you have those programs on your computer, you are going to be able to listen with ease.

Another program that I think is a must have is JTrade Explorer, it is a wonderful Java based program that helps one keep track of Live concert recordings and bootlegs that one has traded and or downloaded through the years. Oh yes, its free too!
JTradeExplorer

Good luck, and enjoy listening to good music.