Flac to alac conversion

I have a large library of FLAC files that I've been trying to convert to ALAC so they can be stored in itunes and play out to my hifi and radio/player.
My itunes library is stored on a Buffalo linkstation 2TB NAS that also runs itunes server to allow DLNA equipped devices to access it.
My Marantz hifi streams mp3,flac, alac and other formats as does my Revo supperconnect radio/player.
I've tried just about all the flac convertors I can find for win 8.1 and though they all convert the files and those files show up in and play in itunes on the laptop.ALAC's that have been converted from flacs will not play on either the hifi or radio.
This is odd as if I import a cd into itunes as ALAC it plays fine on both the hifi and the radio/player.
Does anyone have any idea's of what the problem may be? or what software may work for me?

i use two programs when i use a converter program on my computer it is free audio converter be aware it only converts to one lossless format besides and that format is wav because wav has not metadata you will you have to get the track numbers and add puncuation, removes the numbers infront of the track numbersand maybe get album name but a soon as you do that you go to edit then prefrences then import settings the click apple lossless or aac (you could also convert the files to aac within free audio converter so this is mostly for apple lossless) once you do that high light the songs then press create apple lossless version then delete all the wav files. there will be no loss in quality in this conversion because they are both lossless. if you want to convert with a program that converts very easy and converts it straight to apple lossless with no loss of track names get dbpoweramp. be aware this program cost money but is very easy to use and you can even rip cds in many formats. the link to free audio converter is http://download.cnet.com/Free-Audio-Converter/3000-2140_4-10893961.html
the link to db power amp is http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

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