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I tried both and on certain tracks, WAV seemed 'better' but by and large both sounded similar. Anyone else tested these for differences and what did you find?

wav slightly better

flac for archive, wav for playback

nothing wrong with flac, can sound a bit soft if decoding while playing, so best done before play starts.

If you do the ripping yourself, than I would recommend using WAV.
Ripping in flac than convert into wav it's still a loss in quality.
The less processes and the less copying with files, the better sound!

If you already have them in flac than convert them, like Gordon said, before the play.

In the end, you be the judge if the difference is worth the trouble!

I am not sure of the difference in sound quality but the main recommendation for FLAC is
a) smaller disk space [but discs are getting cheaper]
b) metadata is supported [there are extensions to WAV to include metadata but they are extensions not standard]

So I would agree with the suggestion of 'rip to FLAC' but 'play in WAV'

James