My research into high-end audio players shows that the high-end
"audiophiles" are behind the curve in this area. And if lossless
formats do not become more widely "useable" in the new devices, the
high-end market will suffer due to no demand for audiophile lossless
formats. So I came to rec.audio.high-end to find out from the experts

bob wrote:

Ok, but understand that you're a very unusual customer. Most of us have
no need for more than one lossless format. (And besides, iPods and the
like really aren't designed for lossless formats--they use up too much
juice.) And if you hadn't ripped your CDs to a particular format before
getting a player, you wouldn't be having this problem now.

bob

I still don't understand why the OP has a problem converting between
lossless formats There is *NO* loss in quality and is very easy to do
with the right software tools. Also, it is not clear that he needs an
"audiophile" player for karaoke and dj purposes but he has a point in
needing lossless compression for voice cancellation.


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