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Not popular with everyone, as it requires a certain meticulous attention to detail that doesn't appeal to everyone, and uses stable, very well tested versions as opposed to the latest new cool shiny thing. But...

I run Windows on my personal box here, and use the ÜberStandard, and ÜberView (and foobar2000 0.8.3).

Works for me. Very, very well - and I have a big music collection. ReplayGain (album) is made of GOD and WIN, and foobar2000 can make a really nice DSP chain if you have a nice soundcard, or make a really nice resampling DSP chain which can even make your awful onboard or Soundblaster sound a lot more tolerable.

And whilst you're promoting Exact Audio Copy don't forget to also mention the Uberstandard for mp3 rips. It's a damn good idea.

'cause there's nothing worse than badly encoded mp3s ! (oh alright getting a paper cut on your Glans would be far, far worse than a badly encoded mp3 but you know what I mean...)

I think its terrible that this will be another lower-than-CD-quality-for-more-$$$-than-a-CD online shop. Distribution costs? Negligable compared to distribution of 5" circles of plastic. Profit? Yes please

They (*AA et al.) bitch about P2P killing their business. Since joining a closed p2p network, I have bought more CDs in the last 6 months than I have in about the last 5 years. http://www.ubernet.org/ Music ripped with Exact audio copy and encoded with LAME using the --alt-preset's. Also some OGG and FLAC.

Ubernet. No more shit quality MP3s. We use direct connect, so Linux clients can be used (though the rest of the SW used is Windows only).

90% of the mp3's traded on kazaa and the others are at a lower quality than any of my 3rd generation casettes from the early 80's and are of junk quality already.

Yeah, most of the music on P2P is rubbish quality. And when people try to rip good MP3s they still often get it wrong in some way. Maybe they used LAME, but ripped with some awful piece of junkware, that just goes for speed with no error checking.

So I was chuffed when I found Übernet, a private Direct Connect network. The music traded is based around the uberstandard, basically CDs ripped with Exact Audio Copy and encoded with LAME set to APS, APX or API (though API is insane for a reason...). We also trade OGG and FLAC.

The ironic thing is, I have bought more CDs since joining Ubernet than I had in a good few years. P2P killing sales?

90% of the mp3's traded on kazaa and the others are at a lower quality than any of my 3rd generation casettes from the early 80's and are of junk quality already.

Yeah, most of the music on P2P is rubbish quality. And when people try to rip good MP3s they still often get it wrong in some way. Maybe they used LAME, but ripped with some awful piece of junkware, that just goes for speed with no error checking.

So I was chuffed when I found Übernet, a private Direct Connect network. The music traded is based around the uberstandard, basically CDs ripped with Exact Audio Copy and encoded with LAME set to APS, APX or API (though API is insane for a reason...). We also trade OGG and FLAC.

The ironic thing is, I have bought more CDs since joining Ubernet than I had in a good few years. P2P killing sales?

You might want to have a look at Ubernet