I use WMA Lossless and
J. River Media Center 11. I could also use FLAC, but chose WMA Pro because all lossless codecs are basically the same and my portable MP3 player supports WMA and not FLAC. J.River Media Center also has a 'secure' ripping mode that works just like EAC. BTW - EAC doesn't necessarily make an "exact copy". If it runs into a CRC error it just drops to a slower DAE spead and re-reads the sector. If the CRC error repeats, it slows down again and re-reads the sector. If it continues to get the CRC error, which it will with scratched CDs, it will interpolate the data, just like it is suppose to based on Red-Book spec. EAC gives you a better chance of extracting the correct data, but it doesn't always succeed. This is the same way J. River Media Center works with their secure mode. Many other rippers just interpolate when they get an error. The other things I like about Media Center are the music library function for organizing albums, cover art, etc. and the ability to make smart playlists. There are a lot of other cool features. It does cost about $40., but I think it is worth the money, which goes to pay programmers, etc., etc...
Anyhow, I think the whole process of ripping CDs, getting tags (metadata), cover art, organizing into folders and a music library and playing on your computer is a lot simpler and faster than the EAC/Winamp combo.