* doc/emms.texinfo: update quickstart

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@@ -143,22 +143,22 @@ Emms, an online version of the manual is available at:
 The basic functionality of Emms consists of three parts: The core, the
 sources, and the players.
 
-The core resides in @file{emms.el}, and provides a simple playlist and the
-basic functionality to use all the other features of Emms. It provides
-the common user commands and interfaces for other parts. It thinks in
-tracks, where a track is the combination of a type and a name - e.g.
-the track type 'file has a name that is the file name. Other track
-types are possible.
+The core resides in @file{emms.el}, provides a simple playlist, and
+the basic functionality to use all the other features of Emms. It
+provides the common user commands and interfaces for other parts. It
+thinks in tracks, where a track is the combination of a type and a
+name - e.g.  the track type 'file has a name that is the file
+name. Other track types are possible.
 
 To get to tracks, the core needs sources. The file @file{emms-source-file.el}
 provides simple sources to interact with the file system.
 
 When Emms finally has the sources in the playlist, it needs a player
-to play them. @file{emms-player-simple.el} defines a few useful players, and
-allows you to define your own in a very simple way.
+to play them. @file{emms-player-simple.el} defines a few useful
+players and provides a straightforward way of providing your own.
 
-The Emms core comes with many additional features to extend its
-functionality.
+The Emms comes with many additional features to extend the
+functionality beyond the core.
 
 The way Emms works is easy to customize with your own code or by using
 `M-x customize' or by changing the variables directly.
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ This chapter demonstrates how to setup Emms so that you can start
 listening to your music without having to read all of the
 documentation first. This is the tl;dr version of the manual.
 
-The first thing you have to do is telling Emacs where Emms is
+The first thing you do is to load Emms via GNU ELPA. But if you are
+installing manually, then start by telling Emacs where Emms is
 located. Let's say you have it in @file{~/elisp/emms/}. So add this
 line to your @file{.emacs}:
 
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ installation chapter, @xref{Installation}.
 
 You'll then want to load Emms into Emacs. To achieve this you invoke
 the @code{emms-all} setup function by adding the following three lines
-to your @file{.emacs}.
+to your Emacs initialization file.
 
 @lisp
 (require 'emms-setup)
@@ -208,16 +209,16 @@ the name of the file) of the music you listen to. Emms can use a
 number of pieces of software and libraries as sources for track info,
 see @xref{Track Information} for more.
 
-The last thing to do is to tell Emms where your music is; the root
+The last thing to do is to tell Emms where is your music; the root
 directory of our music collection. Let's say all your music is in
-@file{~/Music} or in subdirectories thereof.
+@file{~/Music} or in subdirectories thereof:
 
 @lisp
 (setq emms-source-file-default-directory "~/Music/")
 @end lisp
 
-OK, now we've set up Emms. Reload your @file{.emacs} or restart Emacs to
-let the changes have an effect.
+OK, now we've set up Emms. Reload your Emacs initialization file or
+restart Emacs to let the changes have an effect.
 
 Now we will add all our music to a playlist by invoking @kbd{M-x
 emms-add-directory-tree RET ~/Music/ RET}. We do this because then
@@ -226,9 +227,9 @@ is also required for the Emms browser, @xref{The Browser}.)
 
 To switch to the playlist buffer, invoke @kbd{M-x
 emms-playlist-mode-go} or simply @kbd{M-x emms}. You may see that some
-tracks are displayed with their file name, but as Emms populates its
-tag cache, track by track, the filenames get replaced with the artist
-and track name of the file's tag.
+tracks are displayed with their file name, but as Emms asynchronously
+populates its tag cache, track by track, the filenames get replaced
+with the artist and track name of the file's tag.
 
 Go ahead and navigate to a track and hit @kbd{RET} on it to start
 playback.