I am not persuaded that the Clip+ is at fault for the ReplayGain issues I have seen posted. The only issue I have experienced (and have read a few other posts with similar problems) is with specific programs (Foobar2000) and the format that is used to write the ReplayGain values, and once understood, this issue is trivial to correct.
@bloozjr: The fact that your second Clip+ has the same problems suggests to me there is a problem with your tags, or at least the way the Clip+ reads them. Is there a particular file that causes the freeze, or file type? I would try to isolate the problem, if possible, and would create a test folder, with a few mp3’s, and see if they play through properly, another folder for wma files and see if they play, then another folder to mix them. Perhaps use MP3Tag to check the tags and make sure they do not have any unusual entries.
