Agreed. Klipsch is primarily a mass-consumer brand. They do have some higher end models, but are priced accordingly.

This is true until heard on high end audio equipment. Once speakers get into the top tier, it's hard to find a recording that does not show faults in the recording or format. It's like buying music that sounds good on the stereo instead of buying music that is appealing on its own.
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I have lots of vinyl albums stored from the way back then days.
It is only after I got into quality digital that I realized the amazing sounds I was missing on vinyl.
While nostalgic, not something I would want over the convenience of digital, with no storage issues for albums.
I had not played one of my vinyl albums in so many years that I ultimately got rid of my turntable, which was a very high end, DJ type Technics.
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Years ago, I was in the audio business and was fortunate enough to travel to Hope, AR and actually met and chatted with Paul Klipsch. The Klipsch speakers of today are a far cry from the speakers that were being built when Paul was around. That was back in the day when people actually LISTENED to their audio systems.

I recently read an article that said the "death" of quality audio reproduction was largely do to the increased availability of it. Folks don't sit and listen anymore; they jog, work out, do housework, etc. with their i-Pod on and don't "really" pay attention anymore. It's his opinion, but I did find it interesting.

When I was in the retail home / pro audio business, we sold McIntosh, Klipsch, JBL, Nakamichi, Denon, ADS, B&W, B&O, Thorens, etc....solid, high end analog stuff. It was a fun time. After that, I built and engineered in recording studios for a living for a few years. I can honestly say I have heard the best of the best when it comes to recording and reproduction. Stupid expensive Neumann microphones through custom preamps and modified consoles, onto a Studer analog tape machine with Mark Levinson modified electronics pulling 2" tape running at 30 ips, through a pair of full custom speakers in soffets with 4Kw of McIntosh power behind them....real bliss. Every time I worked in that room, it made me try harder and harder to make recordings of the quality that the system and room was capable of. Fun times....

Oh yeah, we were talking about turntables, weren't we...??....:-)

Cheers - N.F.H.
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My dad has some 25,000+ albums and tons of turntables and such. He's willing to sell some of it. PM me if there is something specific you want and I'll ask him.
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Duddy, true audiophiles pay $1200 for specially tuned wooden knobs for their receivers. This thing is crazy.
For me, I found a point where "the rubber meets the road". Klipsch speakers on a Denon receiver sound great, and you can add all the crap in the world to it, if you like.
So far as a turntable goes, vinyl pops and cracks. That's the ambiance of vinyl. It's freakin cool. I've listened to tons when I was younger, and I can't say a Sesame Street lunch box turntable with a built-in speaker sounds any better or worse than the best turntable I've heard. My point being, don't spend a lot of money, go to yard sales. Make sure there's a needle in the deck and make sure the belt doesn't slip (there should be some tactile feedback when you spin the deck, sometimes the arm must be engaged to start the deck, so you may have to bring the needle close to the turntable).
Just have fun, bro-jam. :-)
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For analog turntables / cartridges / styli replacements, this guy seems to have quite a selection.

They are styli...NOT "needles"......:-)
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I don't know which speakers you own. When I bought my heresys, they were the cheapest speaker that Klipcsh made ($240 per speaker in 1979). The high end Klipschs are very expensive. I would put La Scalas against anything made today. :-)
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+1. The lower in the line-up you go, the worse they make your ears bleed. Even the reference stuff is extremely bright.
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For analog / phonograph music, I like speakers with a detailed natural mid-range. Mid-range is where the music is. I think the Brit's have it down with speaker design even though my region the audiophile Mecca for North America.
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