I'm not a fan of the cardboard digipaks,
Add me to that list. They don't make anything easier. Personally, I am okay with the standard plastic jewell case. Even though the plastic often cracks, they still do their job and getting CDs in and out is usually hassle free. As far as the 'tight center post,' once I paid $100 for a JVC XRCD of Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits and about the third or fourth time I was taking it out to play it, it snapped in half. My only consolation is/was that imo it did not sound nearly as good as the seller advertised it to.