Do you listen mainly to Audiophile CDs and records?

Also, the philosophy of particular engineers within a company are similarly revealed.

I tend to listen to performance before recording, although sometimes they go together (e.g. Solti's Ring on Telefunken vinyl). Still it can be fun to have a sound spectacular.

I didn’t know the Solti Ring was released on Telefunken.  I thought it was only on London.
You are right though, when the two come together it’s bliss!

If we are entertaining guests  we use the CD player or the music channel on cable.
If I am in a listening mood the turn table / records. (They require more attention)

I think when you're working with audiophile records more than regular dreck, you're listening to the equipment more than music itself.
I would love my rig to produce all the sonic tricks it can do with everything I play, but most times I just want to hear an album.
That said, there are actually a few great artists that (to me) were recorded so badly that I'm hesitant to play them on the main rig. A good system makes really shtty records unbearable and I get the heebie-jeebies when crap is crackling through my speakers.