Where are the young audiophiles?

“Much less than  1%”

Wow. To read some of the accounts from the period you’d think everyone and their brother had extensive systems. 

Most people are content listening to music on the AirPods or beats via their phone. Probably doesn’t help Hi-Fi is full of eccentric weirdos who believe a power conditioner makes their computer crash less or run faster or that buying some expensive black goo to spread on your interconnects makes the sound come alive.

It has always been a very esoteric pursuit. It takes unique interests in music, a technical bent, with an appreciation of achieving the pinnacle of what is possible. Typically someone that likes to spend time alone.
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In the 60’s and 70’s many college students were exposed to stereos systems and pot together. Everyone liked listening to the best systems their friends had (none remotely high-end)... and an extremely small minority went on to put together a true high end system... I don’t know anyone that did, other than me. of the thousands of people I have known in business and outside of work I ran into one or two. I met many people claiming to be an audiophile only to proudly state they owned Bose... the marketing scheme worked for decades convincing people they were buying a high end system, to the horror of those of us that actually knew what good equipment could do. We have always been a very small minority... but dedicated over our lifetimes.

The assessment of the popularity has always been in aggregate. Number of attendees to shows, subscriptions, and sales of companies... and bankruptcies.

There happy with ear buds.

@ebm They're happy not sitting in one position in one room.

teo_audio1,850 posts05-12-2021 9:06amblame it on digital. I do.

Digital is awesome. Blame it on Apple.