Lossless HD soln vs. nice CD player

Looking for a single box solution between $2500-5000, ideally between 2500-3500, willing to buy used in that price range.

Really torn between lossless type hard drive solution and a nice CD player. Some may call that an oxymoron or me just a moron. But the idea of not having to load CDs one by one is really appealing to me. And if the lossless is 98% as good as CD...

But are these hard drive solutions just a passing phase to something better down the track?

What is the direction the industry is turning?

Hard drive solution, like a McIntosh Labs Ms300 hard drive solution running the linux operating system to store lossless recordings

Or would a nice used Naim CDX2 or Ayre CX-7E be the ticket to return happiness to my system...and thereby me?

Any input would be most welcome.