"My Dad has a system like that", she said....

ider when i go to online banking to transfer funds to checking so i can make an impulsive internet purchase and look at the sad story my account is. ha

Is she THAT much younger than you? ;) Seems like there several facets to this. lol

Baka1969 makes a good point, Art.

Most recently, yes, a little less than half my age.

My nephews girlfriend. They stayed over a few days and I showed them San Francisco and Napa.

I told her about www.audiogon.com to pass the info along to her Dad.

And yeah she did find the tubes intriguing.

Is the whole idea of having a stereo system - a rack with components plus separate speakers, maybe a subwoofer - skipping the younger generation?

I bought my oldest grandson an old Harman Kardon receiver and a set of speakers to keep the dream alive. Source is an ipod through the aux input.
His mom yells at him to turn it down on occasion. Payback.