Itunes vs. cd player

My cd player broke down (Denon 380, only two years, pathetic reliability) and I am contemplating the next move. I am thinking of making the imac my cd player, but I am worried about sound quality. I already have a Lacie hard drive that could be used. What is the sound quality of recordings that have been transferred from cd to Itunes library? I can hear a difference between itunes purchases and cd's produced by the record labels on my stereo. Also is the sound compressed at every point of transfer, i.e., from computer to airport, to stereo? I am not a specs person, so I don't have the patience to look at numbers to know how similar the quality of sound is. Hoping to hear from the audiophiles in the group.

Well if you have the drive space, you can always import as AIFF files which are uncompressed so no losses at all. But large files.
But for whatever it is worth, I use "highest quality" MP3 setting and am very happy with the quality.
What I would suggest doing it getting your setup hooked up then pick some CDs or songs with a lot of dynamic ranges (deep bass, high trebles, voice, etc.) and then import those songs or CDs multiple times using a few encoding methods you think you might like. For instance, if you want to try MP3, then import a song in each of the default bit rates and then listen to them on your set up and see if you note a difference. If none, pick the lowest bit rate to give the smallest file sizes. Also compare MP3 to AAC or Apple Lossless or whatever you think you like.
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