After looking at the files a bit closer, they are in fact FLAC, but for some reason or other, I-tunes has grabbed onto them for playback. I can change that easy enough as soon as I load different FLAC playback software, I hope.

Do you use the Normalize function? I’d like my CD’s to all have the same volume level when playing (as many are recorded at different levels), but I’m a bit concerned that track dynamic range will be killed. – Only about 1100 CD’s to rip, so I’d rather do it right, once.