YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics.

A young person listening to spatial audio/apple music on some decent headphones will be thoroughly disappointed when he hears overpriced dinosaur stereo and Krell. The former is that good and the latter is on death row for many a legitimate reason.

Some young household with square footage to spare will go with a multipurpose entertainment system/HT type of setup for tv, movies, music, playstation, etc. Only dinosaurs like myself would dedicate a large room for death row stereo. To be fair, dinosaurs never had netflix or big screens at home growing up.

I am in a midwestern city (cheaper houses with basements), which has a very high percentage of young people (25 to 40 maybe) with affordable hometheater rigs. It could be true in other midwestern and some southern cities too. The coasts may be different because young people can only afford a shack or closet there.

Women have ears and money too, but, somebody needs to introduce these things to them the right way...or they’ll be sticking to headphones.

@rooze As previously mentioned, in my old age, I’ve grown fond of streaming my music exclusively. But, I do have plenty of warm, fond, heartfelt memories of all those many decades of physical media. I just attended the Pacific Audio Fest, and there was a turn table, or a turn table and a reel to reel in just about every room. The rooms which featured both reel to reel and a turn table harkened me back to the audio systems I owned way back in the seventies and eighties. Happy listening.

When I came of age back in the early 70’s there wasn’t much to do besides smoke pot and listen to music. There were no computers,no cable tv, and no internet. There were fewer distractions. People read books for pleasure. Another demographic which has almost disappeared. We enjoyed the best music. Everyone could afford to be an audiophile. State of the art in those days was a pair of Bose 901’s or JBL 100’s or advents. Most of us had our systems in a bedroom,basement or dorm. These days young people have multiple screens,and an infinite variety of media competing for attention. No one under 30 sits down and only listens to music without multitasking. I guess we really are a dying breed. 

I would love to see these toys become affordable for the demand to drop sharply due to buyers dying out. (it will never happen)

My son, 35 yrs/old, has a 40'x60' shop/gym/party room with one boom box, blue tooth, speaker thing.  I offered an old system of mine but nope, didn't want it. OK.

He's building a new 3700 sq/ft home & of course I ask about a listening room. Nope,

All they use are phones with ear buds.

He wasn't raised that way. Ha