Does anyone else think this

Oregonpapa,

I agree that audiophiles are far from normal. As far as woman being normal I guess you haven't met many psychos.

They used to call it the "generation gap." Life simply moves much faster today than during the golden age of hi-fi. If you have children, you understand what I mean. The younger generation has had to make choices on balance in their lives and there isn't time for sitting in the sweet-spot, admiring the sound quality of their audio system. Music has been relegated to ipods and downloads while surfing the web. Don't hold it against them! Personally, I'm spending a lot more time listening to my Stax 009s than my main system, due to time constraints. The best proof that this phenomenon is not unique to me is the rise in popularity of headphones.

10-23-15: Dpatterson
Who cares? I bought my system for me to please me. I couldn't care less what anyone else thinks or if young people care about high end.

I'm with Dpatterson.

Tonykay nailed it. However I do think there are many young folks who would get into this if they had the money but lets face it guys the price of admission is getting higher and higher. Thats not to say that that there isnt alot of good entry level gear being made these days but to get a taste of what the upper end has to offer is just plain out of reach for not only young people but even for those in their middle ages and beyond.

It's interesting to me that when I used to go into certain hifi shops in minneapolis where the systems set up costs tens of thousands of dollars, the demographic was usually older white successful men discussing cables and tubes vs solid state etc with the sales staff. But everytime I went into the needle doctor where the systems set up were much more affordable, the staff and clientele were much younger and the topic of conversation was usually music and live shows that were happening in the metro area.

To me thats what this is all really about the enjoyment of music by any means one can afford. As dpatterson said who cares about how big the boxes are, hell I wish I had an Ipad and some beats back in the day bet it would of sounded better than the crappy sound design stereo I saved up all summer to buy.

And if they continue like that, those next generations will become degenerations. There is always time for meaningful things.
Ipad sounds like crap compared to a good boombox with good analog recording and cassette. I used to have one, and it didn't cost much.