Well our issue would be with the performance of that music, and the copyright and royalty required for the public to hear it. Which means once you have created your masterpiece, you want it heard while you fly.

Getting the best from the speaker system is all about compression of the music, I have a few settings which allow for dynamic bass through to playing in a tin can... depends on what system is being used. Thes best you can hope for is a wedge speaker somewhere near you and the judges and little or no delay from the main set. I also have a mono and stereo version on my CD.

I don't think its an issue for many pilots what program they use, so long as for beginners it is simple and they can achive the first steps quickly and easily. You can spent nothing or thousands (hundreds of thousands for a Protools studio... its used in the film, video and audio industry).. its up to you. Thats a lot of models though...