Hi
For ripping CD's I use E.A.C, or Jet-Audio; For playing CD's and WAV, FLAC or MP3 files I use FOOBAR or Jet Audio; As for Windows Media Player, I just don't like Microsoft in general so I don't use it.
As for digital formats, I'd only use WAV or FLAC. With MP3 I'd only use it for small storage portable players. I'd use the highest bitrate possible (320 stereo or 320 stereo Variable Bit-Rate) and i'd use a slightly lower bit-rate ONLY because I need to save space on a small storage portable player or because the recording isn't of any real importance.
I find most modern Disk Drives (that I've used) all pretty good and there's not much difference between them. 
Last edited by Us-&-Them; 19-01-2023 at 23:11.
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