To rent or not to rent. That is the question for music fiends. On the positive side, music subscription services like Napster or Rhapsody you get access to more music than you can imagine. On the minus side, you lose your carefully constructed library if you don’t continue to subscribe. But these issues are really not important if you buy a lot of music.The truth is that most of us own more music than we really like. If you have a bad case of music collection-itis then you are probably purchasing several albums worth of music a month. Often you purchase music experimentally without having heard the music before you buy. So you end up with albums and tracks that, in hindsight, you would never have bought. Even if you like to own your own music, a music subscription service can still save you money. The savings come not so much from replacing ownership with rental but rather with figuring out that most music is not worth buying. Not buying one album a month will pay for the cost of a music subscription. And you won’t clutter your library with mediocre music. Music fans with expensive habits who can avoid buying four bad albums a month can save $600 a year.The simple solution to managing purchased and subscription music is to download your subscription music to a Media Hub and play it on an attached stereo like the Linksys by Cisco Director. You can also buy a compatible mobile MP3 player or find a phone that supports some of the subscription music. Sandisk has some good Rhapsody compatible units for example. But that means carrying two mobile devices and, to be blunt, few of the competitors match the ease of use of the iPod for purchased MP3s. A Media Hub supports subscription services and purchased media so it’s a good place to manage, review and play owned and rented media. And, of course, you can stream your music to computers at other locations (remotely) when you go to work or travel.If you do own copy protected iTunes tracks, then the Media Hub is a good place to park them. iTunes limits the number of libraries for copy protected music. A shared server makes this limitation less onerous because you can stream to multiple devices. It saves you from having to pay fees to free your songs. You can also click here to learn more about how to manage your music collection on your home network.