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Apple Lossless Encoder - Audiophile Quality?

Is Apple Lossless Encoder the best format to use to import music into iTunes?

My goal is to get the highest quality music regardless of cost.

I want to get the best that I can get of a CD so that I won't have to re-import my music from the same CDs in 5-years.

I am using a Mac based system, but I don't think that should make any difference.
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sammie
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I'm with the lossless crowd. I just re-ripped from AAC to lossless with hope of never having to do it again.

Couldn't you have simply used a conversion program such a Max? Why re-rip everything?
sammie
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Scrith: Duh. Thanks for the clarification. I got AAC confused with AIFF, which is what about half of my collection is ripped to. The other half is encoded to apple lossless.

Anyway, it's nice to know I can go back and forth using the Max encoder. --although both formats sound really good from my experience, and I have a very revealing system.
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