as for kids and auditions?
kids are around just to make convex or domed tweeters, concave.
so who is odd? silly? or just plain nuts? it doesn't appear to be those we think we might could impress with our audio rigs.
maybe then its just us.
Wanna blame someone?
blame C.H. Brandenberg and bose. its all their fault.
https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2013/01/29/eureka-people-how-karlheinz-brandenburg-invented-the-mp3/
well, and maybe Sony too. Phillips to a wee bit lesser degree but they are definitely culpible.
I think there is something to the notion people now neeed something to view or visually interact or interface with, the sound.
Albeit quite necessary, sound quality is seldom the focus.
there are 'screens' everywhere... and the speakers? now, those are much harder to find.
on your wrist! in your eyewear. in your pocket. on your belt. on the dash board. on drop down LCDs.
OMG! Even in the back seat which used to be a sacred part of every sedan!
you can't get away from them. only cameras are coming close to parralleling flat screen numbers.
I know a guy who put flat screens in the hallways of his house so he could view whateveer without interruption.
yep. there's one on an articulating arm in each bathroom so one can watch from any standing, ;'seated' or reclining position.
yep. 4K video... no k audio with most screens, save for those in homes whose owners dig both sides of the home entertainment coin equally.
BTW... the fella with all the flat screens throughout his house? he has a huge plasma screen in his 'theater' room. reclining chairs with cup holders in all of the arms. but uses Bose as his audio system.
its always about one's priorities.
oh, and a little bit about 'expectations'.
I seldom show my system to anyone not 'in the fold', so to speak.
I would as soon just keep the actua level of my insanity on a 'need to know' basis..