Ripping a CD to a .wav file is easy. Free CDEX, for example, allows you to do it in .wav-format. But Windows Mediaplayer (I checked version 11) does that also.
But with 600-700 Mb per CD, you'll get 6 CD's in .wav-format on your 4 Gb Zen. So you'll have to convert it to mp3 (with CDEX or WMP) or wma (with WMP) or any other compressed format recognized by the zen to make this device really useful.
Then the easy way is to rip it to a compressed format directly, not to .wav on your hard disk in between. That's much faster then having a 2-step process as you propose.
Kees
I just ordered a zen mozaic(4gb) and i'd like to start ripping cd's in preparation of it's arrival. I only want to rip the cd's once so i'd like to put them on my computer at the most common and highest quality audio file, i'm assuming .wav. I guess if i'm using the supplied headphones and built-in speaker it would probably be overkill
to put the same .wav file onto the zen by i'll eventually buy good headphones and play the zen through my av system. I guess i'm asking is what's the norm for this process. TIA

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