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Originally Posted by meltemi
Format conversion usually means converting from/to WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC etc.
But the task asked for is PCM (e.g. 24bit/48kHz) to PCM (16bit/44.1kHz) conversion. AFAIK many software for burning audio CDs does not support these features.
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Yes, audio CD burning software will do the conversion, no problem.
First of all, many of those formats (WAV, FLAC and others) are already PCM data anyway. Second, the OP was going to purchase the hi-res file from Qobuz, which will download as FLAC, ALAC, WMA, AIFF, or WAV (user's choice).
Last but not least, I just tried it and it worked, using nothing more than the lowly Windows Media Player app that is included with Windows 10. Simply click the Burn button at upper right, drag music files into burn list, and start the burn. The music files can be any format supported by Windows Media Player (the long list of formats is
here). Windows Media Player will automatically do any necessary conversion into audio CD format. I used some hi-res FLAC files of various resolutions ranging up to 24/176. It created a redbook audio CD that works fine.