Ekk Run for your lives I am an Empeger again

Going to Re rip all my cd's and after reading I the board I have a few questions.

Which rip program (Windows xp)

Will the Empeg Play Flac, Apr, Ogg ??
If so which one should I encode with I have about 400 Cd's

Do I still get ID3 Tags with Flac, Ape or Ogg ?

Best settings for the Best quality ??

Dumb Question is the Empeg really 4 channle out (front right front left rear right rear left) or is it some division of 2 channel ?

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