Fed up with iTunes.  Anyone know of a good alternative?

I have loved iTunes for years but have finally reached my breaking point.  Too many lost songs
and having to reload all my old music from cds has gotten old.  Has to be something better out there.
Any suggestions?

These are a few free alternatives to iTunes (March, 2014).  There may be others, including commercial DJ software.  You should review them but I doubt any offer syncing support to Apple i-devices.
aTunes* - http://www.atunes.org/?page_id=6  Check about additional components required for full features.
Songbird (no longer updated, see Nightingale) - http://sourceforge.net/projects/songbird.mirror/
Nightingale -  http://getnightingale.com
Jajuk* - http://jajuk.info/index.php/Mac_OS_installation_guide
*Run under Java 6 which may be slower.

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