I started my media server in 2020 with an e-wasted i7 3770 dell tower I snagged out of the ewaste pile. Ran jellyfin, audiobookbay, navidrome, calibre-web and an arr stack with about a dozen users like a champ. Old hardware rules if you don't use windows
Very cool looks like a cli version of foobar (in the best way). I tried so many players looking for something that works for me I always wished I could just build my own. I'm currently using navidrome for streaming so I might give yours a go at some point in the future.
I'm a big music lover. My preferred way of listening to music in an album played on a properly setup two channel system. When I had the means I had a great stereo setup and loved putting on a record or selecting something from my own digital music collection.
The majority of the time I listen to albums vs individual tracks or playlists. A good album front to back just does it for me. I'm fairly specific about what I listen to, I usually know exactly what I'm in the mood to hear. I've got albums I like to as background noise but for the most part I like to listen to music as it's own activity. I've got favorite albums but that's a rotating list thats incredibly inconsistent and changes daily.
I love talking music with people who love music. Even if it's not music I normally listen to I love picking apart songs and talking what about you like/dislike about it. I've got some friends that are my main music buddies and we are constantly sharing new music we come across.
I just call it the Tex Mex empire