I would expect that it would simply have a place to type out the LAME settings you want - no matter how specific.

Well, that was my point...Chris' tutorial doesn't mention what kind of bitrate you can expect. I hope he doesn't assume everyone will be happy with 128 or 160 kbps...I've been using MusicMatch jukebox for over a year now and I'm still happy with the quality of the encoding at 100% VBR. The larger file sizes aren't an issue. I would like to find a program that is faster and more accurate however. I was checking EAC out because I've heard/read so many raves about it...