Youngsters these days.

I agree with @mkrus on this. 'OK boomer' and other terms do nothing but add to stereotypes and divide people. I'm 55 and my best friends range from 30 to 72. We share music, help each other out with tech stuff and respect each other, not to mention having a blast when we're together. I'm also into model trains and photography and have made some new friends on-line recently who are in high school!! We catch the local trains and have a lot of fun with video and photo editing. My advice is to have friends from all age groups---you might learn something.

People have 3 common needs - be liked, trusted and appreciated. 
We are all different and have had a different path which is a kin to music media - I have several hundred albums, a trunk full of cassette tapes, a server full of burned CDs and a Tidal subscription. 
I think the differences are minor until you are engaged with someone in the experience. Listening to vinyl, streaming or my server can all be very enjoyable. 
And I have had great discussions about music across generations. Heck this forum is intriguing because of the various viewpoints. 

@stevencason
Maybe he thinks if you want a new CD player you should buy it. When I help my family I never ask for anything in return.

No, pretty sure he knew I was kidding about the buying part. His response was more about why anyone would want or use CDs anymore and why even the need for a large audio system.

We get along great, but don’t always see things the same.....Jim

I love to stream music, it has opened my ears to a variety of music that I did not know existed. It’s also a great way to de-clutter your life. Living in apartment makes you realize how much space LPs and CDs take. Take the plunge, you might enjoy it. The "Boomer " comment was condescending and disrespectful in my opinion.

Ok Boomer.  Basically, you are being called a stick in the mud.  

There is absolutely nothing wrong with new technology.  Without technological advances we would be in the dark ages.  however, that does not mean that some are actually better than what was used previously. 

The "market" drives much.  Companies, dealers, etc. try hard to separate you from your money.  and if new technologies are a way to do that, then they are fine with it.

I've compared streaming services to playing CD's through my transport and DAC combination and guess what?  The CD's sound better.  Remember, the streamer is also going through the same DAC.  So the comparison was simple, Streamer vs CD Transport.  

I also own a music server/streamer.  I've taken the time to rip all of my CDs to the hard drive on my music server and although my music server rips "bit perfect", the CD/DAC combination still sounds better than my music server/DAC combination.

not jaw dropping differences, but they are there.  

Now take a well recorded LP vs CD/DAC combination and the LP analog system is simply better.

What I'm trying to say is what is the goal here?  is it to sit and listen to music? or to listen to music as background music while doing something else?

Remember, many people don't appreciate listening to music as much as you do.  So they don't even understand the whole music thing in the first place.

You are basically speaking a totally different language to them that they would never understand.  Unless they took the time to try.

Add to that the justification of the costs of your equipment and yes, they think you are crazy in the first place.

My youngest daughter is a dancer.  She is thirty now and has danced since she was four.  Ballet, jazz, modern, etc.  mostly ballet.  She grew up listening and dancing to outstanding music and appreciates it greatly. She even has an analog system.

When my oldest daughter went to college, she came back a jazz fan.  imagine that.  

It comes down to where people are in their lives and what is important to them and what isn't important to them.

Music and listening to music is important to me.  it is a major stress relief and an enjoyment.  I grew up playing classical violin, sax, clarinet, oboe, etc. good music is important to me, such that if it doesn't sound real, then it drives me out of the room.  So, great equipment is necessary for accurate reproduction.

This is definitely not the case for many other people and there is nothing wrong with their priorities either.

The key is, do they hear a noticeable and appreciable difference when listening to music on your system vs how they typically listen?  if the answer is yes, then it comes down to justifying the expense and time to invest in the system you have vs what they have.

in closing, technology advances or we stay stagnate.  45s, 78s, LPs, 8-tracks, cassette tape (and the noise reduction technology), DATs, CDs, MP3, USB drives, music servers, streamers and dont' forget the advent of remote controls.

But, if the sound quality is not to my expectations, I'm not jumping on the bandwagon anytime soon.

enjoy