[justsomehnguy]

> I still manage my own ~500 file mp3 collection

Huh?

Just checked my 'collection':

     Total Files Listed:
           17250 File(s) 232,520,192,270 bytes
            6431 Dir(s)  1,053,563,486,208 bytes free

Not audiophile scale, for sure - but only 500 looks quite low. No wonder iTunes can manage it snorts.

[HDBaseT]

I just checked mine;

208,778 Files 1,799 GB

Mostly MP3.

*slightly inflated file/music count due to album covers/metadata.