I used to use EAC all the time - I don't know about you but it's satisfying to see the progression of green block and then watch it work harder at the red blocks - it always made me feel that it was doing 'something', and so that must be somehow 'better'
After testing, i've decided that - I can't tell the difference.......
Comparing the tracks with a filediff utility, the worst i've seen is that occasionly the tracks will be slightly different
But... only at the seek point for the change between tracks that have silences between them
I came to the conclusion that I really don't care if one track has 15ms of silence after it, and the other has 14ms, but the next track ah 1ms extra
(btw this isn't exact, it's just the kind of difference I have found)
And I havn't even tried secure mode (in MC) yet, just the standard
Conclusion... unless your cd has been atttacked by a chainsaw (or small children) - too much trouble for too little gain
And this is not even as an MC worshipper, there are bits about this program I don't like (eg, no, DELETE is NOT the right word to take something off the playlist - delete is to actually DELETE something)
But, I can't fault their ripping routines
They seem pretty solid from here