Should I synch songs to my iPad or use iTunes Match?

I have a new iPad with 64gb and a 30gb song collection. I am also an iTunes Match subscriber. I was wondering whether I should synch my music collection to my iPad or simply turn on the iTunes Match feature on my iPad and transfer the songs that way? I really don't care about using up the 30gb on my iPad because the memory I have left over is more than enough for my personal needs.
The way I see it is that I would be better off manually synching the songs over to my iPad instead of using the iTunes Match method via the cloud. This is because I understand that many people have issues/problems with losing song info and album art when they do it by turning on the iTunes Match feature.
If hard drive space isn't an issue, would I be better off manually synching the songs to my iPad? My main goal is to transfer the songs in such a way that I don't lose important song information.
Thanks for the feedback....

Runaway......once you go to itunes match you wont be able to sync your songs through usb anymore. You will have to download them individually to your device. Im looking into getting out of mac all together......cant believe it.....but its true. An ipod got me into apple......cloud is getting me out of it.
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