There's times where I only want to hear my absolute favorites, but times where I want to hear songs that I really like, just not necessarily my absolute favorites.

I have playlists for that... "Top 10"; "Favorites"; and "Favorite Favorites"

The first playlist has (surprise!) 10 songs in it. The second one has about 160 songs; the third one has 41 songs.

I move songs into and out of these playlists as the mood hits me -- any time I re-synch, I take a look at those playlists and see if anything should change.

tanstaafl.