I have windows media player 11 and in the options menu for ripping a cd it has the wav(lossless)format option. however when i go into the burn menu it doesn't give much info on how the file is burned. If it is compressed or transfered as lossless. I do end up with a .cda file on the disk but i am not familiar if that is a lossless format or if it has been compressed. anyone know? On another older computer I had sony sonicstage and though it was never like much it did have a easy to use rip/burn section. It would let you pic the rip format and the burn format very simply. I have also tried MediaJukebox but don't care for it. Maybe i should just try itunes?