Quote Originally Posted by WAD62 View Post
FLAC is basically a lossless compression format for WAV, one can select the compression level, but it's advisable to keep it at 5...the best compromise for compression, and ease of transcoding at playback.

One can convert from FLAC to WAV and back again, infinitely, and still have exactly the same data...

My MDAC has some 'Bit Perfect' test WAV files 16/44.1 and 24/96, I've converted these to FLAC on my NAS, and can play the back via LMS/SBTouch into the MDAC. On both occasions the bit perfect test is passed...so proof, if proof were needed...
Actually FLAC encoding is 'asymetrical' so you have nothing to lose by winding the compression right up, it will take longer to encode but requires exactly the same amount of processing to decode as a minimally compressed file. Over a big collection this could save a few Mb.