I went the computer road years ago. Not sure why I did it but it has worked out. At first I thought it would be cheaper but after you add up a good sound card, bigass hard drives etc etc. I doubt it's that much cheaper. But you can't beat WinAmp and just letting tunes go based on genre, year or whatever you feel like. I currently have 2 hard drives devoted to MP3's. One is 100gig that is my main and another is a 160gig that serves as my back-up. I also tote around a USB External 80gig Maxtor. When I go to a buds or whatever, I take my tunes with me!