FLAC On A Mac


Forgive me if this subject has been discussed on this forum before, but I don't do much PC Audio and I get very confused.
I have downloaded some High Res content from HDTracks to my Macbook. These are all FLAC files. I tried transferring them to a flash drive to be played in two devices that are supposed to be FLAC compatible (most recently, the Marantz NA 7004 Network Music Player). These files won't play on either device.
They also won't play using the MacBook as the source, although I anticipated that.
Do I need some sort of a music management player to play these files? When I surf the net looking for conversion programs, most of them aim to change flac to mp3, which would defeat the purpose of trying to get a High Res file.
richardfinegold
I downloaded Decibel and it it was easy to use and now I can play the files, but not on the Marantz.
The display in the Marantz seems to be telling me that it will output only 44.1 khz. The Marantz is on loan to me from a dealer. I suspect that it may need a firmware upgrade( which is not free) to output 96 khz but when I called the dealer they were clueless and unwilling to let me make the upgrade (they had to borrow the piece themselves from another store). The Marantz also isn't capable of Air Play without the upgrade, so I can't test that feature. This is a real problem, as I otherwise am not very impressed by this piece. It sounds very laid back and uninsightful, no match for the firewire DAC that I use with my Mac Book in my home theatre system or for my PS Audio Digital Link 3 that I use in my two channel system.
Re: your car: I suspect that the USB will only play mp3 files or the equivalent
I deleted all the eBooks and the car stereo still crashed when it atempted to read the thumb drive. Oh, well.
I can't think of anything else to get the Marantz to play the files, so I guess you should wash your hands of it and try another device.
Does the Marantz read any other audio file types, such as aiff or wav, from the flash drive? If not, maybe the flash drive is formatted in a Macintosh format. Most of the audio devices I have tried to use with a flash drive require it to be formatted in FAT32.
I've taken my flash drive from my wife's PC to my Mac and there weren't any compatibility problems. I don't know how it was formatted though. It came formatted from Lexar.
Update: after I did a firmware update that i didn't have to pay for on the Marantz, it is now playing my flash drive with the flac files. It seems to be outputting them in 96 khz.
Previously, I wasn't to impressed with the Marantz, but now I will reserve judgement until I have tried a few more High Rez files.