What are My Options for Ripping My CD Collection ?

Metadata is lost during FLAC to WAV conversion primarily because FLAC uses a modern, standardized tagging system (Vorbis comments) while WAV relies on older, less consistent structures (RIFF INFO chunks or ID3 tags). Many converters fail to map the extensive FLAC tags to the limited WAV structure, or the converter defaults to stripping them, focusing only on audio data

Im not familiar with JRiver, I just use plain old vanilla Media Center. You can restore that metadata information manually, I assume, but I am not an Apple guy either. 

I am surprised that your car reads 200GB, I thought cars max out at 30GB but I guess not. Perhaps car manufacturer specific. 

Yeah, I use USB storage to play, I do not dongle a player. I meant to say Ford Maverick (last year model), not Chevy, does not include the means to play the files from USB, and I assume will require an external player to do so, but that I cannot confirm. It was the first model car that I drove that I noticed the change/migrations from USB type A to USB type C. The new Maverick has one of each (A &C), but USB A does not recognize or play music. 

And to be clear, I do not see data that contends the music is playing at 192/24 (although I have not really searched for it) but judging from the sound, it is definitely hi-resolution sound. I drive older Chevy's a lot (3-5 years old) and while they play music and have fairly good players/choices, the sound is probably not 192/24 but a lower 48 or 96 resolution. 

Thanks everyone for your thoughtful comments.  I had no idea there were this many options. Many of which I'd not heard of.  I will study the suggestions and come back later with my decision.  Any other thoughts or comments appreciated.

Honestly, an external MAC DVD drive, a 1TB USB drive and iTunes, and you’re good to go.  Use the Apple lossless codec.  It’s easy, fast, and since iTunes uses Gracenote for metadata, you’ll get pretty accurate tagging without any fuss.

+1dogearedaudio. I’ve imported 1300 CDs (and counting) using itunes ALAC (lossless) encoding. Using a NAS drive for storage. Am using this to stream local music using Roon, but itunes has a local standalone player capabiity if needed. Not complicated at all. 

Update.

Thank you all for your input.  After much thought and consideration of the possibilities, I have confirmed in my own mind that upgrading my music streamer is #1 and ripping CD’s is #2 but also very important. I also feel it would be terribly convenient to have all my music in one place and easily accessible. So, I have decided on the Innuos Zen Mk 3. The reviews and the input from these forums for  the Zen Mk 3, the Sense App, and excellent customer support have been very positive and I can confirm that customer support has been excellent in answering my recent questions. 

I appreciate each and every comment and suggestion.