I’ve been using Songbird (instead of iTunes) lately, and I have to say it’s quite a nice media browser/player. It is an open-source project with a focus on the api and web integration throughout – very similar to Firefox. In fact, it uses Firefox’s XML-based XUL user interface description language, so it even supports many of Firefox’s add-ons like DOM Inspector. One popular add-on is a panel that displays lyrics.
On launch it can import your iTunes library and settings, and instead of “The Genius” it has mashTape, with artist info, reviews, news (Digg, Google News, MTV Music News, etc.), photos and videos. It also has support for Last.FM Scrobbling, SHOUTcast Radio, Concert Tickets, and customizable UI. I’m going to go look around for some sound shaping tools (EQ, etc.), but feel free to download it if you haven’t already!
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Lovely piece, props to you for taking the time to put it up