Any suggested settings for the external LAME encoder

Hmmm... Dunno.

I actually just used their internal version of the LAME encoder back when I used to rip to mp3. I used to set that to VBR-1, joint stereo, and somthin else that's prolly obvious, but I forget what exactly it is. =P

I’ve been rippin to OGG ever since the first 3.0 Alpha came out.