Digital Music

Spent some time and money getting my analogue system running and I am now ready to start the process on the digital side of things.

I was going to get a CD5 XS to compliment my Nait XS, but I have become intrigued in all this 24bit business. So I am about to grab a Mac Mini and then I'll purchase a nDAC.

What I want to know is, shall I burn my CD's into iTunes as Apple Lossless files or shall I burn them into aother type of media player (media monkey for example) in a differnt format. I only ask as arent the downloadable HD tracks FLAC files? iTunes doesn't support this format so I want everything in the same place (16bit cd burns & HD downloaded tracks)

Any help and recommendations much appreciated.

PS I'm new to this so apologies if I'm going over old ground.

Regards