Converting AAC to WAV Files in iTunes

I'm converting a bunch of files from AAC to WAV in iTunes. It's working fine, but the file sizes of the new files are HUGE (like 40MB per song huge). Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong??
Thanks,
Dan

Hi Folks,
Ok I am curious here. I've got version 7.3.2.6 Now I'm not having any problems with the Itunes program. My question is I've got Itunes to save my music in AAC format. I was wondering if I changed it to MP3 Will it convert all the music in my Itunes library to MP3 format even those for which I purchased from the Itunes store? Will it do so without messing up any of my music?
The reason that I'm asking is due to the fact that I've now got a Motorola Razor that plays music and I'm pretty sure that it plays MP3.
Thanks

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