Oh yea, just tried that, it's pretty awesome, better than i remembered.
I'm using qtractor lately, but that could be an option nevertheless
2012/1/18 Bruno Ruviaro <ruviaro(a)stanford.edu>du>:
A bit of an overkill, but you could always use
Ardour's "Import to Region
List" function, which opens a file browser window from which you can easily
playback/preview sound files.
http://en.flossmanuals.net/ardour/ch022_importing-audio/
Bruno