I am considering migrating to Mac OS X. But I like music too much, so I must fin

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I am considering migrating to Mac OS X. But I like music too much, so I must find an audio player that will be comparable to foobar2000.

Some features that I will miss when using another audio player include:
(some of them are implemented via plugins, a.k.a. components)
(I tried to list them in order of importance)

True gapless playback (absolutely required, but I guess almost any modern audio player implements it?)
Ability to play without any drop-outs when using USB DAC (foobar2000 may be beaten here, because sometimes it happens, after all my attempts to optimize its output settings, so I guess this is easy one too)
Full ReplayGain support (both scanning and compensating for loudness changes when playing)
Pluggable DSPs and ability to chain them and save chains to presets (including ability to run some high-quality parametric equalizer with bell and shelf filters

Explanation / Answer

Other than the OS X requirement, deadbeef sounds like a good option - it's basically an attempt to build a foobar clone for linux. It dosen't run on OS X but it does have a plugin system, last.fm support, customisable columns and cue support. It has some DSP supports and plugins, but nowhere near as mature as foobar2000, and you'll likely need to test it to see if it meets your needs .It supports TAK as of version 0.6.0 as well.

Its not a foobar killer, but if I was using linux to play music, its what I'd use

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