What are you using for ripping CDs? What media player do you use?

I use XLD on the Mac.  I still use Itunes for playback.  It is not bad when you use networking (async USB, WiFi, Ethernet).  I created playlists for each genre ("When Genre contains Jazz" - for instance).  It makes it much easier to use - all icons appear on one screen - instead of endless scrolling.  I have separate playlist for each genre and one for "All".  

Ripping with Itunes is OK for CDs that are not scratched, but I use only one procedure (XLD) for both.

A nice feature of Plex with Plexpass is that it supports selection by mood with dozens and dozens of moods available. Sometimes a better way to choose what one wants to hear than genre.  

XLD on the Mac, dbpoweramp in Windows. 

Best advice is Kenny's "What worked for me was to acquire a good knowledge base by discovering the latest trends in digital audio components and setup, from the Computer Audiophile website: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/" Cheers,
Spencer

I use DB Power Amp very versatile and can convert almost any type ofmudic 
Apple to wav,ape to  flac and many others for $38 well worth it.
For music player server the Aurender 100H. multi award winning player.
Check it out 2T internal HD, and a class leading 120 Gigabyte SS buffer.