Wow... I must say, I am in LOVE... I just listened to the Hypnotize CD by System of a Down all in .FLAC format, they sound soooooooo much better than mp3's... I can't listen to any of my mp3's on my drive anymore... FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec... I recomend checking out the lossless formats, anyways...
Just... ehhmm... sail the sea's... A good shovel to dig up any treasures you may find is uTorrent, its a good program.
yep, I've been ripping to flac for years now. about 3/4 of my collection is in .flac .ape or .shn. When you've got a good system you just can't be fucked using a lossy format like mp3s anymore.