can't say anything re: dbpoweramp for ripping [never used it], other than the fact that every PC audiophile i know uses EAC exclusively...hopefully someone else can explain the reasons why
re: lossless compression, flac wins hands down...for one, .ape has virtually no hardware support...as for compresion ratios--when encoding a 20.6MB wav to both .flac and .ape [smallest file options], the .flac file is 10.6MB and the ape file 9.7MB -- not much difference imo, especially considering the .ape file took about 3x as long to encode...not to mention, flac is simply a far more universal codec
here's some interesting reading:
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index....ess_comparison
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...howtopic=33226
and don't get me started on WMAL...yer a PC user, aren't ya?
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