I'm an audiophile and after months, maybe years, of f*arting around with SoundGrinder, MusicMan, Switch, and myriad other audio codec handlers (including iTune's own dreadful internal mp3 ripper), I discovered Max and its pals, Tag and Cog. Look nowhere else to meet your needs in handling a wide range of codecs and other audio tools.

Sbooth, the developer, is the leader of a community that cares deeply about high-quality audio on the Mac, and he has forums that are a key site for knowledge about Mac audio. What a generous and brilliant soul!

Bravo!