I'm trying to use AAChoo to get the best quality AAC rips. AAChoo can somehow access the QuickTime AAC encoder without having to purchase QT Pro. It is very slow, so I decided I would use iTunes to rip a mess of AIFF files at once, then let AAChoo convert them when I'm away from the computer.

Unfortunately, it appears that AAChoo can't see the tags for the AIFF files, so here's what I've been doing:

I set up a new user so that I could muck with the library.
iTunes configured to rip AIFF, to include track number as part of song file name, and to NOT organize the library.
AAChoo configured to delete original after encoding, maintain original directory structure, and store the AAC files in a new location.
Install the following two of Doug's Applescripts (http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/): Albumize Selection, Remove n Characters From Front.
Insert CD #1, check song name tags from CDDB, and rip using iTunes.
Insert CD #2, check song name tags, rip. [Repeat about 6 times]
Quit iTunes and launch AAChoo.
Drag the folders containing the AIFF files from the Finder to AAChoo.
Wait. The AAC encoding at Best quality only goes at about 2x or 3x.
Quit AAChoo and launch iTunes.
One by one, select the AAC folder named after each album to the Playlist column in iTunes, which creates a new playlist including only the songs from that album. Since the tag data is missing, only the Song Name is shown, matching the file name exactly; e.g., '02 Right Ground'.
Select all songs in the playlist, verifying that they are in "play order", and run the applescript Albumize Selection to get the correct track numbering ('5 of 12').
The files are still selected, so run Remove n Characters, set to 3, to trim the track numbers from the filenames.
Manually enter the album name, artist name, year, and genre.

Has anyone else tried this? Any shortcuts that I'm missing here?