Hi- Res download newbie

To rip flac or wave files to disc I use MediaMonkey. Free excellent burner

Dan, there are many choices for software that will perform file format conversions and also to burn hi-res files to DVD. Just remember that the PWT is pretty fussy when it comes to playing burned DVDs, as they must be burned as data discs in the UDF format. Even some of the available UDF formats will cause the PWT to lock up. Feel free to experiment, but don't be surprised if you end up with a bunch of unplayable DVDs in the process which may even get stuck in the PWT.

Oh man. I cannot BELIEVE these PS audio clowns.

It's bad enough that they will smoke and mirror their way through the obvious fact that digital volume control distorts sound quality, but in addition, they will not bother with flac?

Trust me, my dear newbie, you do not want to drift away from flac. There are very good reasons why your sources use flac. It is a royal pain in the ass to maintain multiple copies of the same music, and it eats hard drive space (e.g. wav, iirc).

If your player will not play flac, get a better player. Your music collection is a lifetime endeavor, and one of the best things about flac is precisely that you do it once and never need to touch it again.

Trader's Little Helper is a perfectly good flac converter but you can get THE flac converter itself. Just google flac. It's free and easy to install.

IMG works fine for burning. I don't know if it's the best though.