Programs like dbPoweramp will let you select the degree to which FLAC files are compressed and there is also a setting to not compress your FLAC files at all.
I would just try both options on whatever you are going to be using to see if you can tell a difference in sound before going through all the work of ripping or changing format. Whether or not there is a difference in sound seems to be very subjective based on one's software and hardware.
I would just try both options on whatever you are going to be using to see if you can tell a difference in sound before going through all the work of ripping or changing format. Whether or not there is a difference in sound seems to be very subjective based on one's software and hardware.