Should I re-rip?

Wow! If I can convert without having to re-rip, that would be marvelous. All your input is invaluable. I will play with dbPoweramp tomorrow. 

Ok, where in dBPoweramp is the batch converter to WAV?  Can’t find it. 

You are better off with lossless flac for streaming. Consumes less disk space and supports flexible tagging of metadata. Data content is the same.

I went the other way being a purist and starting ripping with .wav, then switching and converting to now lossless flac using dbpoweramp. I used dbpoweramp to batch convert my old .wav files to .flac and then ripped only to flac using dbpoweramp from there.

I listened carefully for any difference that might matter before committing to the switch there was none, as it should be if everything is working well since its the same information to read and stream, just in two different source file formats.

So bottom line if you ripped at CD resolution to lossless compressed FLAC format, there is no concrete reason to re-rip. I would not do it.

That’s not to say all streamer/DAC combos will do equally well with both formats, since the processing requirements are different to do it correctly. Compare each in your setup first and see.

IF any of your ripped FLAC files show as lower than CD resolution, then there is a clear reason to re-rip for best quality results.

I ripped 4 tracks off Pink Floyd’s The Wall. I might be delusional but I thought the SQ of the WAV files was a tiny bit better than the FLAC rip. Haven’t decided if I’m switching to WAV but just in case,  where is the batch converter in dBPoweramp? All my music files are on thumb drives. There’s no music on my PC. so how do I now do a batch conversion of my music from FLAC to WAV? Help!