All I can tell you is I have 36599 items in my itunes library and it does not seem slow to me- and Im not patient.

Ronnie, good points. Supposedly Kaleidescape has a great classical music interface. I have not really tired it though as I tend to listen more to rock type music.

Best regards,
Jerry
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