Storage is cheap, hurray! Another solution: you can archive a music CD using cdrdao and play the result using mplayer.

    # $1 = output file
    # /dev/sr0 is assumed

    cdrdao disk-info
    cdrdao read-cd --with-cddb --device /dev/sr0 --read-raw --datafile $1.cdrdao.bin $1.toc
    dd conv=swab if=$1.cdrdao.bin of=$1.bin

    # To play the BIN: mplayer -demuxer rawaudio BIN"

I'm not an "audiophile" (perfectionist seeker of equipment) but I enjoy listening to classical and (some) jazz compositions and performances as they were conceived, not as "tracks".