My 8-year-old son has gotten hooked in a big way. I set him up initially with a vintage Fischer receiver and a vintage Pioneer direct drive turntable that was given to me by the widow of a long-time music lover. I replaced the tiny table-top speakers with a pair of Wharfdale bookshelf speakers. One channel on the Fischer died, so I replaced it with a 35-year-old Onkyo receiver I had stashed away over a decade ago. He was jealous of my OPPO disc player, so I pulled an old Sony DVD player out of a closet and set that up so he could start listening to CDs. That morphed into buying him a Bluenode 2i so he can stream as well.
He constantly tells me his speakers are way better than my 25-year-old Von Schweikert VR4s, and his turntable is better than my 35+-year-old B&O.
If I died tonight, he would gladly take my OPPO 205, Bryston amp and Don Sachs preamp. But he would toss the speaker and TT. I guess that is better than nothing :-)
He constantly tells me his speakers are way better than my 25-year-old Von Schweikert VR4s, and his turntable is better than my 35+-year-old B&O.
If I died tonight, he would gladly take my OPPO 205, Bryston amp and Don Sachs preamp. But he would toss the speaker and TT. I guess that is better than nothing :-)