is it possible to play Apple lossless *.m4a audio files on PS3?

[quitemouse]

well.... I need a couple more cups of coffee because I'm confused right now.

when I originally ripped all of my CD collection into Apple Lossless format,
my only intention was to store them in my 160GB iPod. Obviously the best
quality was to rip all of them into *.WAV format, but that would have
required me to get a 300GB iPod(which isn't out yet, AFAIK )

so, the next best thing was Apple Lossless, which was what I did.

are you guys now telling me that there's a better format than Apple Lossless
that I could have used? (short of *.WAV files) keep in mind that my main
objective is maximum sound quality at smallest possible file size, for use
on my 160gb iPod.