Winamp 2.xx was generally the favorite. And there's no reason to talk about it in the past tense -- you can still just use it even now.

I do. 2.95 works fine right up to Windows 10 and probably 11, and still plays any MP3 and pretty much any other format with a plug-in. It even has a double-size display option built right in which makes it perfectly usable on modern 4k resolution.