Thus, the short list of truly good rippers. I think easyCDDA is one of them, as well as cdparanoia (linux/unix), Exact Audio Copy (windows, but a painful program to learn and use),
- from the site you linked. as aready stated, i use exact audio copy.

the rips are reasonable quality, and the codec i use is one of the better ones, particuarly in hq mode. (radium)

while obviously the codec cannot actually record in 24bit (96khz) mode, is is possible to 'grow' the data which gives a warmer and smoother sound.
db power amp has a plugin that does this, sadly db poweramp doesnt support plugins yet (yeah i thought this a bit odd too...) plus its possibly one of the worst written players i have had the pleasure of uninstalling. its one of those lovely bits of software that has lots and lots of useful features, none of which work properly, and all of which are a pain to use.

there is a plugin for winamp 2 that does it, but only the source files are availiable, and im dammned if im going to find, install, learn how to use and compile a plugin that should be disributed compiled in the first case.