Our Responsibility

"Do not try and bend the spoon, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth...there is no spoon. Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself."

To answer the OP’s original question, I do a few things. I work with children and teens professionally and make sure to keep a turntable in my office. Generally I usually have something spinning when they entered the room. Most haven’t ever seen such an archaic contraption and are curios. I open a lot my sessions by having them pick a record and teach them how to use the tt. I use music in my work as often as I can(I’m a trauma therapist) . 

The other her thing I do is ‘audio surprises’. I often have friends who , when they come over enjoy listening to my system. They often have only a Bluetooth speaker at home. When I discover this I quietly put together a simple system for, usually cobbled together from used equipment from my local Hifi store. It’s usually vintage or near vintage gear, but always well matched. I then show up at their house on a weekend day when they have an hour or so and surprise them with a new(used), stereo system and set it up for them. I call it ‘stereo bombing’. I’ve done 8 of these thus far. It’s pretty rewarding.. 

This crazy hobby is about not only enjoying our own but also bringing that enjoyment to others in my opinion. 

Signed,

The Audio Philanthropist (you all should try it... it’s fun)

@bigkidz

+1

I have two boys....both grew up with music, good gear and great sound.  At this point, one has more money invested in guitars and guitar amps than I have in my home system.  The other plays acoustic but not electric.

Both....love music, have much larger music collections than I do, and could care less about gear, sound quality, or devoting time to "just listening".  BUT...they listen to tons of music...while they are doing other things and almost always by ear buds.


Some things in life are "push"....others are "pull".

If audio enthusiast also means music enthusiast...then the hobby is alive and well...but if it actually means gear and sound quality enthusiast...then most young people are not into that (which could change after they themselves retire in 30-40 years)....so getting people of any age interested sooner rather than later will be a "pull" event....in other words, exposing those around you to good sound in a casual (not push) way and if they end up interested...guiding them as to how to get started easily and inexpensively.

These forums should be about audio stuff,  not social impact and the heady things that can go with it. This high end audio nonsense has nothing to do with the love/appreciation  of music. 

The only "responsibility" is to yourself, which is to not allow your wallet to disappear into the wall socket.

If the masses REALLY feel the need to listen to their music in a particular way, a market will always exist.