It’s cultural, as many comments say. Many 65+ were the buyers back in the 70s and 80s of higher end gear because we valued music, rock, jazz, blues, in a time when music was a leading cultural, social, even political art form. Not just physical media, we also put FM radio on the map: the receiver was integral. And we were in our 20s and 30s then. Some also still have hundreds if not thousands of books on shelves as well because up until about 1972, or maybe later, many writers had the same allure. We went to lots of movies too. Values, as far as the arts go, have changed generationally. Not just content, what bands people like, but the place music has in people’s lives. For many years, maybe since the 90s, with these huge stadium shows, it has been social, a gathering place, an event, not just GD and U2 and Bruce, but all sorts from rap to country to Swift, as opposed to a man and his stereo in his room. My kids laugh at me and my records, although my son in law was happy to get a cast off TT and speakers from me, maybe because he’s a musician, but more likely because times are tight and he would never spend the dough we did at that age for stuff.