My sense is if it (flac) ain't broke don't fix it. SHN is fading,APE never got rolling. My slow puter so dislikes APE I avoid it. Plays badly in players,decodes much,much slower. Once Wavpack has the issues mentioned resolved-let it replace APE. Encourage SHN to be sort of a "legacy" format,recommended only if one has files that are already SHN. I don't think its nessecery to have more than 3 formats,and yet I suppose there could be a "playoff" between Wavpack and Ape,temporarily.