eac vs itunes ripping


i am not clear on the reason for some itunes users taking the trouble to use eac to rip before apple lossless storage in itunes. i have failed to successfully implement eac for ripping after some frustrating attempts, and then began ripping into itunes directly. is there good evidence that itunes ripping with error correction is inferior?
wkraft

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For Bob and all Mac users:

For the equivelent of EAC on Macintosh check out Max. It has a "full paranoia" setting plus it lets you select how many times you want the software to reread the problem bytes before it skips (plus a never skip checkbox) and will keep a log (if you so desire).

I have been using it for about four months and believe it is the best Ripping software available (at least for Macs). I have watched CDs being ripped and it zips through most but if you have it set for "Full Paranoia" and "never skip" as I do, it will slow down (sometimes to a crawl) when it finds a bad soundByte. ;)

Max is also a converter. It can translate between some 20+ formats.

Best of all: it's free!