FLAC audio files in iTunes - How should I convert?

I want to put some FLAC recordings/audio/songs I have in my iTunes. Unless I'm misunderstanding something, iTunes will not accept that format. Does anyone have a suggestion for the best way to re-format those files to something iTunes will accept (like WAV, AIFF, .mp3, etc.)??
Also, as a side note, I would rather convert higher to something like WAV files as to not compress further and take down the higher-quality audio that a FLAC file provides.
Any and all thoughts/suggestions are appreciated! Thank you!!

Give this a whirl:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23430/x-lossless-decoder
For a substitute format, Apple Lossless is supported in all Apple software and on all Apple devices, or you can use WAV or AIFF if you wish, though Apple Lossless will have smaller file sizes (than AIFF, at least). MP3, AAC and other "lossy" compressed formats will lose quality.
Regards.

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