For me, I was looking for something similar to foobar2000. So, after years of toying with the usual suspects like Rhythmbox, Banshee, Amarok and others, I found my faforite(s).
Currently I'm using 2 music players...
1) I've really grown to appreciate DeaDBeeF. A music player similar in user experience to foobar2000, but a bit more basic than that. The sound is fantastic and the included equalizer is spot on. While it ha s wide variety of plugins already included, I added the File Browser plugin for easy access to my music.
2) I really like Guayadeque Music Player as well. More feature-rich than DeaDBeef and highly customizable. Mpore of a cross between foobar2000 and WinAmp in my opinion. Excellent sound and a big plus for me was it's ability to scan and watch large music folders. I have an external drive with 252,000+ mp3, and it scanned and was ready to use in about three hours. While the others I mentioned in the introduction above either took days to to the same or continually crashed.
I like each enough that I really don't want to settle on just one. Depends on my mood, I suppose. Overall, I love both of these players and use each regularly.
DeaDBeeF:
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Guayadeque:
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