OK then. I'll answer my own questions. I downloaded an album by Nani Wolfgramm and The Islanders called "20 Golden Hits of Hawaii" (steel guitar instrumentals) in FLAC form. The sound quality is good, a lossless file of a compilation CD, the older recordings sound older with tape hiss and such, and the newer ones are less noisy. But all in all it's a satisfying sound through my Squeezebox Touch/W4S DAC-1 digital front end. The process was painless, the file dropped right into my "music" folder with tags and artwork. I'll be downloading more of these. Most of them are only $9.99. I'm on a folk music spree lately, and they've got a pretty deep catalogue. If anybody looks the website over and has recommendations, I'd love to hear them.
Danny
Danny