I wrote a table in the Wiki that tries to show some of the trade offs with each and very rough prices.

http://www.meridianunplugged.com/wiki/index.php?pagename=Music%20Server%20Options


- Fiddler (IMHO)

If you think listening to music is fun, try learning an instrument.
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