mp4 (Apple Lossless format) vs. WAV format

[JonathanBlake]

I'd appreciate your experiences and opinions please -

I have files in my iTunes library that I have imported from CD's using the Apple Lossless (mp4) format, which supposedly does not compress the file. I have over time replaced (some of) these with downloaded WAV files. I have found -
- mp4 files sometimes need to be re-analyzed before playing
- 'denser' wave forms in WAV format
- improved audio quality in WAV format

Are my findings valid?

[Jester]

flac is lossless bruv, not mp4/aac

[ksandvik]

Yes, you should have used the real Apple lossless codec, not the MP4 (AAC) one.

[JonathanBlake]

Yes, you should have used the real Apple lossless codec, not the MP4 (AAC) one.

@ ksandvik - did just that - shows as mp4 in Traktor library.
@ Jes.NZ - can you import CD's into iTunes using FLAC? (Well done on Bledisloe)

[Jester]

i see aac, aiff, apple lossless, mp3 and wav.. no flacs tho.

[photojojo]

No flac support in iTunes.

[minimal]

lossless is well, lossless.

ie there shouldn't be a difference between the source and the lossless file. Apple lossless shouldn't be diff from the Flac or Wav.

At least I f@ckin hope so. I gave up on flac in favor of apple lossless because I use itunes which can't read flac (thanks steve!)