Replacement for iTunes

I recently, after using iTunes for years, started having big problems with iTunes 7.7.1. Songs are stopping and starting (to update info?), when just picking a new song it hangs up for a few seconds, and in general iTunes seems to be hogging all of the CPU. After exhausting all possibilities, I reinstalled my system, installed iTunes 7.6.2, and re-imported my 160 GB library.
This did not fix my problem. If I play any of these files in the preview window they do not skip. iTunes is really a pathetic JOKE!
Does anyone know of a good replacement for iTunes. I write music for a living, so setting up playlists and cross-referencing etc. is a very important for me professionally.
Thanks.

Hi William.
Just to add to the equasion. I am running Tiger 10.4.11 and have installed the latest iTunes update. I've been lucky with the new update, so I can't speak to that. But before and since the update I have never had any issues with iTunes using Tiger. If I had to pick, my guess would be the update (or backdate) is causing the problems. Here is the link to iTunes support:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/
I hope this helps.
mwn
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Drag the original hosts file to your desktop.
Right-click the duplicate file and choose Open. You may be prompted to choose the program you want to use to open this file. Double-click Notepad.
When Notepad opens, choose Edit > Select All.
Choose Edit > Delete.
Choose File > Save.
Close Notepad.
Right-click the duplicate file, and choose Rename.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297
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