Re-ripping CD's in lossless creates duplicates in music library

Hi,
My music has already been ripped into iTunes using AAC 256kbps which is fine for mobile music. I'm planning on picking up an Apple TV for a music only server to my home music system and I want to re-rip my music into iTunes using Apple Lossless. I created a new folder under playlists for the lossless music but duplicate copies remain in the music library! Is there a way for me to re-rip my music and have it in one folder and not have the duplicates in the music library? Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Brent

I think I understand what you want to do.
I have about 200 CD's and a dozen albums bought from the iTunes Store. I thought about ripping all my CD's in Lossless format and then creating AAC versions from these. Music streamed to my Airport Express should be Lossless whenever possible, while music on my iPhone should only be AAC versions.
In iTunes, the "Music" category will contain both versions, as "Music" is your music library. You can create smart playlists to select only Lossless or AAC versions, but you can't have "Music" show only one of these versions.
At the moment, iTunes isn't able to handle the same song in different formats (the way I want it to). Ideally, there would be an option like "Prefer Lossless version" or "Use AAC versions when syncing iPhone/iPod" or something like that. You could also use two separate iTunes libraries (start iTunes while holding the Option key).
Kind regards,
Michael

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