ALAC - As a Mac guy its a no-brainer; in fact its hard to do it any other way.
And with all due respect to those who "hate" Apple products, iTunes is a powerful solution that seamlessly integrates ripping and tagging with a first rate library manager. It works fine with SBs, iPods, USB etc, is supported by all kinds of interesting third party stuff, is backed by a highly innovative company offering excellent support and continuous upgrades and best of all for some, is free.
That said, there have been some posts discussing some limitations when used in a Win environment - not sure if its a K-Mixer issue or something else... be worth looking into.
And with all due respect to those who "hate" Apple products, iTunes is a powerful solution that seamlessly integrates ripping and tagging with a first rate library manager. It works fine with SBs, iPods, USB etc, is supported by all kinds of interesting third party stuff, is backed by a highly innovative company offering excellent support and continuous upgrades and best of all for some, is free.
That said, there have been some posts discussing some limitations when used in a Win environment - not sure if its a K-Mixer issue or something else... be worth looking into.