flac player question

What made you pick VLC for music? There's no question its a very good video player but I don't like it at all for music. To me, at least, the highs are very bright/harsh. Up to this point, I haven't noticed much difference between most of the players I've tried, except VLC. I honestly don't know why that is. Here is a list of free music that I think are worth looking at. I'm pretty sure they all have a Windows version.

Clementine, Amarok, Foobar, Quod Libet, Banshee, Songbird

Also, what are you using to rip?

@Zd542
Thanks the your information. The reason i chose VLC. It is because i am not a music person. I use my computer to watch video most of the time. And i found vlc can play most of the video format. And when i get into hi ended audio lately. I went online download some flac sample. and by default vlc is the player.
I know vlc may be not the best player for music . thats why i created this post. I will try to test out the few u have listed.
Thanks

Does anyone have any other FLAC player suggestions? I have some songs in FLAC format and am looking to play them from a Dell Netbook or laptop. Thanks