As to what the previous poster very validly took issue with, the developer did acknowledge that his approach was inappropriate and removed the offending code (see the same MacUpdate thread linked to in the the previous post--you'll have to go back a little for the related comments and developer's statement). I've been using Ecoute for a few months, and I greatly prefer it over iTunes for listening to my music due to its lightweight construction and stability. I also quite like some of its features like automatic retrieval of album art and lyrics, global hotkeys, and desktop/menu bar controllers.