Why youy ask??? Because it'd be cool! :)

My original intention was just as stated before. Being an MP3 fan does not bar me from buying new CD's, which I do often. I HATE picking up a new CD and waiting till I get home to encode rip it and listen to it.

Friends/family with cd's too is also a very good reason. I agree that single discs and discman's would be more than adequate, it just doesn't 'come together' as nicely as a cd controller on the player itself.

And to be honest, even at 160+kbps encoded mp3's don't sound as crisp as CD's.