I use SongPlayer for CDs. Click the CD icon (second from right) to read CD tracks list in and then it plays through AHI.

itix: CDPlayer makes a hit in log nowadays, could you check it out?

Flacapella is really great program to rip audio CDs to flac and mp3. I don't use any other programs for that anymore. It fetches the song information and cover images from the net etc... and of course can even embed images to mp3s too etc.