Having used at least half a dozen ripping solutions, from iTunes to EAC, I find dBpoweramp Reference stands apart as a clearly better choice. Ripping that is both fast and guaranteed accurate, support for all output formats, HDCD decoding, and much superior metadata access. Also, some powerful transcoding tools are provided as well. The interface is slightly quirky, but nothing compared to EAC.

861v?, MBL 116/111/121, McIntosh amps, music server, Oppo/switch-box 980 SACD/DVD