Whenever I read someone trumpeting the virtues of the sound of phonograph records, my mind automatically and quite uncontrollably shifts into thinking about analog audiophile litmus tests and political correctness (PC) of vinyl, and "the experience of being a part of the process" by those that have no other way to relate to the music rather than simply through listening to true high fidelity (hi-fi):
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/10/146697658/why-vinyl-sounds-better-than-cd-or-not
I don't try to dwell on this out of politeness...as I believe others here do also...at least until someone makes a real issue of it by pushing it into the conversation. Personally, I really don't need rituals or nostalgia of "the old way of doing things", including bygone formats of surround sound. I'd rather just have the music as close as possible to that which was performed--acoustically, without all the the fuss and muss. I listen to my old vinyl only when I can't or don't own it on another format.
I came to Klipsch via Roy in the first place to buy Jubilees, and by his recommendation, the K-forum itself to post my listening and setup experiences with Jubilees. I also try to share my experiences of setting up other loudspeaker types to increase their acoustic performance value. I do this in order to save others the time and expense that I had to go through in learning it.
More recently, I've spent some time finding ways to reconstruct music recordings from terrible mastering practices, and to share those experiences for those that are interested and that will listen for themselves in A/B fashion after trying it. Those efforts have paid off handsomely...at least for me. YMMV.
Chris
Very interesting read….thanks for sharing that.