Originally Posted by Matt Finley
The reason I understood was that they do take less space than Flac files, and someone might want a ‘light’ installation on one computer’s internal drive.
I have essentially that set-up. My desktop PC has the full audiophile installation, my laptop for practice has only the .wma files.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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