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So what’s the future look like

Can’t help wondering.
young guy that works for me, loves music from early 60’s to 2018. Very knowledgeable about rock, alt rock, classic rock, singer songwriters...band members, etc. great eh?
now the puzzle... he has no idea what it sounds like... very rarely goes to live shows.. plays music at home on computer speakers, Alexa or a tiny Bluetooth portable. 
He sez that’s all his frends do as well. 
If this is the future of music reproduction,
what becomes of Hi-Fi?
lwal22
roberjerman
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So go after the beat box and synth crowds. Show them how good Rap and EDM can sound via high quality playback! And it can! Price is then the problem. Younger people are not going to be spending the price of a car on audio components! So present day megabuck gear is liable to slowly fade away as its graying customer base dies off.
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uberwaltz
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Why should its greying customer base die off?
If we bring along the newer generation ( which is what I see part of the point of this thread) and help educate them on life past their in ear phones then hopefully they will BE the next greying customer base. 
stevecham
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Yeah, my kids do the same exact thing. It's all about convenience to them despite my encouragment to listen to higher quality playback. They don't care, it's wallpaper to them. Maybe it will change. My generation is a dying breed. We actually care about and listen to great music and how that music is enjoyed sonically.
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lwal22 OP
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I should add.. my kids have the broadest taste in music I could imagine(though broad within rock and pop, my jazz intrigues them bit just for the moment)
theyre beginnong  to get Hi-Fi and why it matters... but they seem to be the exception amongst their friends. 
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lwal22 OP
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Unlike my employee, my kids do hear the difference.  I think In part they’re intimidated by the cost of even midfi theses days.  So they think of good reproduction as something for someday down the road. 
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