Going through the responses, I've noticed that the majority of you have not gone the hard drive route because you don't want to spend the TIME copying your music to a hard drive. That doesn't tell me WHY you think cd players are superior to hard drives. That tells me you are lazy.
Devilboy (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)
Speaking, I believe, as about the only participant who prefers a CD player over a computer-based front end, I can say unequivocally that laziness has nothing to do with my decision, and if you have pulled that conclusion from my statements in this thread, then either your reading comprehension needs some polishing or my communication skills need work.
Is a CD player superior to a hard drive? Well, one cannot separate a hard drive from the computer system built around it, so it's not really an apples to apples comparison. The CD player/Computer comparison would be more appropriate.
Bottom line, I'm not going to answer the question. I don't know why humans seem to be so intent on us vs. them questions, whether it's vinyl/digital, solid state/tubes, CD player/Computer, Chevy/Ford...politics, religion...it never ends.