. . "MP3 Lame V5 bitrates around 120 - 150 kbit/s for portable listening on running outdoors or in car drivingsmall size, hardware support in priceworthy supermarket devices !What matters ?Clearly commercial priceworthy ubiquitious hardware device support.So a lot of votes to FLAC and mp3.Today: 1000 GB HD at 90 - 100 Euro prices, so no question of storage space/place or costs.Also DVD+R storage is a p" . .