Current audio chain for conversion from lossless (FLAC, usually) to MP3: FLAC file → MediaHuman Audio Converter (Lame MP3 VBR 2 … I don’t have golden ears) → KID3 Tagger → to a carefully organized set of folders.

For playback I’ve just been using VLC or the free version of Vox but am looking around at other solutions. I like things simple: don’t use Apple Music or iTunes but do “scrobble” (track my listening) with Last.FM . An informative display about the current track is good. Ability to customize display of tag information even better!