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Any Young Audiophiles Out There?

I am 20 years old and I do have my concerns about the future of this hobby. I do not see or hear about many people that are into this under the age of 30. I understand that this could be for financial reasons, but when factoring in this site, fairly nice setups (that perform miles above what you get at bestbuy) can be obtained for under 2000 dollars. A lot of my close friends love coming over and listening, and they do appreciate the quality, but at the same time they are more than happy with their Ipod and stock Apple headphones that come with it. They seem to be more impressed with a 2000 dollar Plasma than a 10,000 dollar stereo system...So if anyone is out their, this post is for us!
-Darren
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fmpnd
481 posts
 
Hey everyone, don't believe Nicksgem10s for a minute. He's actually 54 but just ACTS like he in his 30s. His system is an old Sony Walkman (yes, the cassette type) with stock headphones and he listens to the Cowsils, the Partridge Family and old Donny Osmond songs (with an occasional diversions like "Feelings" by Morris Albert or Debbie Boone's Greatest Hit)

I am his MUCH younger friend with what he thinks is a high end system (I have an iPod with a Hornet).

Don't feel too bad for Nick though - his twenty something wife buys him all of his gear as she is the real audiophile of the family - I think she just designed a really high-end USB DAC and Nick thought it was a toaster.
hens
173 posts
 
My son is 22 months old and every night before bed he says "fi, fi, fi" and I let him turn on our second system, hit "play" and then forward through the tracks on a compilation CD. When a couple of his favourite tracks (Weezer - Island in the Sun, The Cure - Push) come on he turns and starts to dance around. So at least one more is on his way!

Ya got a start 'em young!! Come on all you parents out there!
2muse
52 posts
 
If you are young, protect your ears. Being over 50 doesn't necessarily mean that your hearing is worse than a younger person's. Heavy bass in car stereo's, loud live concert music, ear bud's turned way up can take their toll no matter what age you are. Taking care now, means you will still have the opportunity to appreciate a good system at any point in your lifetime. Things change. New technology and/or clever purchasing might make what seems hopelessly unaffordable now a reality in the future. If you trash your ability to hear, it won't matter.
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kijanki
4,429 posts
 
2muse - good advise. Do you think hearing can be improved or exercised (or diet). I'm OK now but I'd like to keep it that way. I found once info about book by ophthalmologist who claims that eyeside can be improved by training eye muscles and gives exercises for that. His name is dr. Bates. You can probably find this book on Amazon.
hanaleimike
125 posts
 
I am 35, and for me it started at 6 when I got my first yellow transistor am radio for 5 cents at a garage sale. Since then music has been playing non-stop throughout my life, and it has been one upgrade after the next. I started working at a Hi-fi store when I was 19, which really opened my ears. High end audio is far from mainstream and not everybody is lucky enough to be exposed to it at an early age. When I was 19, none of my friends were interested, now at 35, none of my friends are interested. You either get it, or you don't, and I don't think age really has much to do with it. Finances yes.
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