Suggestions for cd ripper...mp3 or wav?

["R. G. Newbury" <newbury mandamus org>]

I'm looking for suggestions for software to rip CD's..
I'm also looking for comments on the relative advantages of ripping to 
mp3 versus wav files and the 'best' software to play those files back 
from the harddrive.
I am presently using aplay in a for loop script but I need something 
better. My present wav files were ripped with cdda2wav under OS/2. what 
is the equivalent for linux/Fedora?
Suggestions please.

             R. Geoffrey Newbury			
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