I've found that there is little point in having playlists with Artists - Albums - Tracks

There is one reason to maintain that structure.

About 90% of the time I play root playlist->shuffled->least-often played. Frequently a song will come up that reminds me of another song I'd like to hear. With the new Insert capabilities of the 2.0b3 and higher software, it is easy to make that song the next to play -- IF I can find it. Yes, I know, I could dig out the remote and laboriously key in "Tchaikovsky-Symphony #6, 4" and that would be enough to nail the 4th movement of the Pathetique symphony. And while I am doing that, I would probably get to hear two more songs before I finished keying it in.

Instead, it is much easier to use the front panel buttons... playlists->classical->composers T through Z->Tchaikovsky->Symphonies->Symphony #6->4th Mvt. and hold the down button to insert. But this only works if the music is arranged in a logical, hierarchical fashion. If, for instance, that track were in some sort of a generic "Romantic era symphonic music" playlist, I'd never find it.

To each his own, however, and YMMV. But just you wait -- when I get to be King of the World, I am going to make sure that everybody does it MY way -- or else Off With Their Heads!

tanstaafl.