For a young "audiophile", an Ipod or mp3 player with decent earphones is the most practical and affordable first system.
I loved music and audio as a kid in a blue collar US household but did not have my first "good" system until I was 18 or so.
So in a sense there are more young potential audiophiles running around out there today at a younger age with halfway decent sound, so in a sense kids today may in fact be ahead of the curve compared to past generations in terms of # kids equipped with decent sounding music at younger ages.
Anything is possible from there.
All peoples both young and old enjoy music though....that will never change.
So maybe there is hope FWIM.....
I loved music and audio as a kid in a blue collar US household but did not have my first "good" system until I was 18 or so.
So in a sense there are more young potential audiophiles running around out there today at a younger age with halfway decent sound, so in a sense kids today may in fact be ahead of the curve compared to past generations in terms of # kids equipped with decent sounding music at younger ages.
Anything is possible from there.
All peoples both young and old enjoy music though....that will never change.
So maybe there is hope FWIM.....