The verdict is MusicBee is the Truth. Rock solid audio performance. All the features I need and many I don't need. The only issue I have encountered is running the visualizer while using the WASAPI driver causes the audio playback speed to double. It works fine with the basic driver. I don't use the visualizer anyway.
The following battery of actions is how to remove iTunes from a Windows computer:
Remove all of these items in the following order-
QuickTime (if present)
(see this note on QuickTime below)
iTunes
(see note 1 below)
Apple Software Update
(if this will not uninstall try repairing it first)
Apple Mobile Device Support
(see note 1)
iCloud (if present)
MobileMe (if present)
(see note 2)
Bonjour
(see note 1)
Apple Application Support
(see note 1)
Reboot your computer.
Delete any of the following folders should they exist: (see note 3)
C:\Program Files\Bonjour
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple
C:\Program Files\iPod
C:\Program Files\iTunes
also potentially on 64-bit systems:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Bonjour
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple
C:\Program Files (x86)\iPod
C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes
They make it so easy to delete!
