[em500]

> I keep my music library in FLAC, both because I know it's CD quality and because it's an archive. I want to be able to convert the tracks to any new codec that may come along, if I need to.

I understand the sentiment. But the reality is, if the re-encoding is not likely going to happen within the next 10 years, your hearing will probably have deteriorated so much that you probably won't hear the difference anymore anyway (assuming you can hear a difference today, which is a big assumption).

[smichel17]

I got the start of my music collection from my parents (as .wav's, or rather, I helped rip the cds). I intend to do the same. So it's not just one but several decades we're talking about.