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Remember not to confuse the format with the quality.
You can make a FLAC or ALAC file out of any sound quality: from 320kbit/16-48khz (mp3) to 16bit/44khz (CD quality) to 24bit/96khz (the highest quality currently possible). It'll still have that same quality as whatever it was before you converted it; meaning you can't upgrade the quality by converting to FLAC or ALAC. You can only downgrade by compressing. So if you rip a CD into ALAC, then that's the quality you're playing. If you turn an mp3 file into ALAC, that's all the quality you're getting: mp3.
Now, let's assume you have a higher than CD quality track in ALAC format. If you play it through wireless CarPlay or even airplay, it'll be downgraded to CD quality as that is the maximum it can transmit to the speakers. Hope this helps.
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