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

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.

Something the younger iPod generation would appreciate would be a dock like the Fatman iTube that was available a few years back. Add quality desktop passive speakers and they, themselves, can experience the magic of tubes. With an iPod!!