Exact Audio Copy is without a shadow of a doubt the best CD Ripper for Windows. Its the only ripper out there that can provide bit perfect replicas.
get eac here www.exactaudiocopy.de
Lame is without a doubt the best mp3 encoder. Use the r3mix settings when you encode and get the best all around sounding mp3s.
get lame here http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/
I use a front end to lame called razorlame
you can reference what I just said at www.r3mix.net
Anyone that knows a goddamm thing about encoding mp3s will agree with me and if you disagree you are a fucking moron end of story.