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I was going to give my son a system, with brand new Solid Steel rack but he has AirPods???

AirPods and iPhones have replaced good 2 channel audio, it's criminal. They don't buy albums, CDs, or even the full album downloads. They've replaced my old 45s with mp3s.
I got him a Solid Steel rack and I can't return it, so what do I do? Sell it on eBay for local pickup or wait for him to get smart. You would think a mechanical engineer wants a Scoutmaster and a beautiful really well designed audio rack. I get he doesn't necessarily want my old Rotel amp and preamp, but I have a set of B&W CM2s on stands and he could get himself a home theater integrated amp and use the system to watch Movies at the least.
Where have we gone wrong?
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douglas_schroeder
3,281 posts
 
There may be a problem beyond; when you attempt to force your kid to like, enjoy what you do. You wish to berate your son for not seeking the same toys that you use?  You seem to expect him to act, appreciate and appropriate as though HE grew up 4 decades ago.  :(   Selll it and learn not to impose. 
Finally, maybe he's smart and will be investing  all the saved money from not buying a media collection. I for one don't think its advantageous to curate a media collection today, and I am hard core Audiophile. He may be scared witless about the economic future.  
(Qeue the disturbed on this site who attempt to turn every thread into a political scree.)
testpilot
949 posts
 
At least he’s listening to music.  As an aside, kids today have access to all kinds of music that we could have only have dreamed of when we were their age. 
roberjerman
4,319 posts
 
It's all about fashion! And the fashion for today's younger generations is portable on-the- go devices connected to the 'Net.
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lalitk
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Ease of use and portability....When they are enjoying endless stream of music through AirPods there is nothing between them and the music.

And the alternative, dare i say most of us are so obsessed with extracting every ounce of goodness from our audio system and the lengths we go to accomplish that goal :-)
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