What I'm thinking is that I'll just re-rip the stuff that I listen to a lot and encode it losslessly for playback at home (Squeezebox or MediaMonkey) while leaving in place the original MP3s for the iPod. The only problem is that since the demise of allmusic there isn't a place to d/load high bitrate audio, some stuff on Amazon is 128 and they don't even tell you what the bitrate is before you buy.

I also seem to have mould on my CDs, just started ripping yesterday and a lot of the disks have patches of what looks like white mould on the playable side. It wipes off OK and no errors during ripping but wasn't expecting that, especially since the inserts are dry and non mouldy. The last time I played any of them must have been at least 8 yrs ago.