Exactly, if a better open source lossless format came out in 10 years that reduced the size of a rock-n-roll .wav by 80% (doubtful), everything should be switched over to that. DVD+Rs and CD-Rs should be backed up anyway at least every ten years. FLAC is updated all the time so it achieves better compression.

And again, it doesn't ruin the intgrity of the show, just the integrity of the TTH and SHN .md5. If you have the .wav .md5 or .st5, you can prove all the data is the same.

I'm not suggesting that everyone convert all their stuff everytime a new version of FLAC comes out so they can get a .01% improvement in the compression. It's about compatibility, and FLAC is much more compatible than SHN in portable players and home server type players. FLAC is the best open source format now and for the forseeable future.