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AIFF vs Apple Lossless Ripping

I have a large music collection that I have ripped using Apple Lossless and error correction turned on. I have recently seen several postings saying that AIFF (with error correction turned on)is the way to go. Would anyone care to address the superiority of AIFF vs Lossless, and if possible, explain why one would potentially be better than the other? And, if AIFF results in a larger file, approximately how much larger (percentage). I'm trying to decide if it's worthwhile to re-rip a 1400 cd collection.
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arcticdeth
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Eventually I will have all my music on a hard drive, and use an apple laptop with hard drive connected to my preamp for playback.  

Is is this configuration possibly hooked up by rca's ???

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So, if I wanted to I can click box to load iPod at 128k for car trips?

while the actual music stored is in Apple lossless ???  

I will ill rip everything again I at Apple lossless from now on.  Thank yo u

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Ripping my CDs under AIFF is the best then?

   I have to rerip over 3000 CDs. Not looking forward to this!!!!

in a previous post, I was trying to critical listen to my ref system using my iPod with 128k, and was laughed at :). 

So using aiff would be much better?  I will start as soon as I get the time. 

Pecan I put the CDs in and when prompted, click "replace" or just delete the old album, and rip again??  What is recommended?  Thank you and I look VERY forward to your relies in this subject. 
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I only have these options when I insert cd into my cpumpuers cloud drive (external)

aac -which everything I have is ripped to

aiff
apple lossless
mp3
wav encoder

for aiff , there's options. Sample rate, sample size, and channels I can choose from.     Best options???
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Or maybe buy the 1tb iPod and use that as well via the 30 pin jack to rca's to preamp
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