Where are the young audiophiles?

There are alot of young people interested in audio.But I feel most like to just download what they want to hear.Most likely they listen on ear phones or buds.True they like gaming instead of collecting vinyl.I think this is the end for the average human. I'm another 69 year old who graduated in 1969.

@sns ...”This is a golden age of audio for me, far more choices of equipment , music, and accessibility to that music; what a time to be a young, budding audiophile! ”


Yes. The level of performance per dollar has never been higher, and the cost of music (streaming) is virtually free. I used to have to shell out $20 / album. Now streaming can be done at greater than Red book CD SQ. It is a golden age.

Where are the young audiophiles ? Are you serious , just about every unit is almost 10 Grand ! Young people rather spend half there months salary on a Alpha Romero or that 700 HP. Mustang .Or a M 3 BMW . ""BUT"" there are quality units at a some what affordable price . You have to purchase them before the dealers jack the price up 25 % . You can buy a great pair of speakers for 3 Grand . Focal, Paradigm ,Revel, and Fyne

I am 63 now.  I caught the audio bug in undergrad, as I had a friend working at a high end Audio store that sold McIntosh, Audio Research, the high end stuff of the day.  He would let me bring a record to the Store  after hours...what a difference from my system that I was so proud of (Pioneer Receiver, Gerrard tt, Advent 3 Speakers).  I couldn’t start indulging in Audio until my late forties, because of Graduate School, children, mortgage.  Now with retirement looming I am contemplating how best to downsize and squirrel away my acorns, as inflation seems to lurking.
   As others have indicated there seem to be some young ones interested in good sound, and the headphone data seem to show that.  I think audiophilia is valued in Asia, and it is interesting that some of the posters here have indicated that cities that have a large Asian presence have some nascent retail activity.
  Back in the day there was a definite progression in retail activity.  Shops that catered to the likes of me were the bottom rung.  Then there were the stores that had the mid Fi stuff, and then the high Enders.  The current retail scene in the Chicago suburbs has the yawning gap between  entry level stuff and expensive high end.  No place to hang out and listen to stuff that might be one rung higher than what you thought your limit was, tempting you to find a way to stretch the budget, discover new levels of joy that keep you wanting to repeat the process.  It’s more like having to choose a wine and the choices are Morgan David or an expensive bottle of Burgandy.

I got hooked as a senior in HS. Working my butt off to buy my first system I bought marantz, dual and  AR. Next was McIntosh, Empire and Maggie’s. Raising kids took priority over my sound system but  I never lost the love of good music and hi fidelity.   Target is selling vinyl records again and Steve G posted pics of systems of 30 and younger crowd. Disposable income is a big factor, no question about it. My sons now benefit from my hand me down audio equipment. There’s probably more young audio fans than we realize but how many can afford 10K + systems?