SOFT playing Audio Cd withou audio cable

As we know, we couldn't hear the sound from a CD without the audio cable plugged in the mobo from the CD-ROM driver. Although, it is over because at least Media Player can do it without the cable (I think it's a streaming-like process: what is being downloading the program can play). So, my problem is that I don't like Microsoft Media Player (so much resources being alocated). I wanna something like Winamp or Xmms (very soft) or whatever playing in this way. a.