Why change what works?

Well, that were my exact thoughts too. I've used xmms for all my streaming needs since I found out about it when I started using Linux. It works, why change? I will tell you, the audacious interface blows the xmms interface away and welcomes the xmms (bmp) code base to the 21st century.

What about non-free support?

There are many plugins and Livna has you covered.

Available Packages:

audacious
audacious-libs
audacious-plugins
audacious-devel  
audacious-docklet
audacious-plugin-fc
audacious-plugins-amidi
audacious-plugins-arts
audacious-plugins-esd
audacious-plugins-jack
audacious-plugins-metronome
audacious-plugins-nonfree-aac
audacious-plugins-nonfree-alac
audacious-plugins-nonfree-lame
audacious-plugins-nonfree-mms
audacious-plugins-nonfree-mp3
audacious-plugins-nonfree-tta
audacious-plugins-nonfree-wma
audacious-plugins-pulseaudio
audacious-plugins-vortex
audacious-plugins-wavpack
 

yum install audacious

 
Home Page: http://audacious-media-player.org