Today's New York Times

The Times article is typical lightweight fluff designed to fill some pages with a "general interest" level of fashion news. Again, the "high end" dealers and manufacturers have absolutely no idea how to get young people or ANY people interested in this hobby beyond "preaching to the choir."

Wolf, very well put. I will ad that those with a true interest will find it on there own.

Okay... so then how are we going to introduce the "twenty and thirty somethings" into our hobby ? There needs to be a way of reaching out through the main stream media and trying to get the young folks interested. Mitch, you're poking fun at the guy's B&O speakers,..... Wolf, you're saying it's lightweight fluff,.....and Iso, you're agreeing with Wolf. I think you guys are looking at things the wrong way. I've already had four neighbors who know I have "a real high end system" call me after reading the article and asking if they can come over and listen to music. Maybe one of them will then spend a grand on some nice NAD (or similar) electronics and PSB (or similar) speakers and put together a nice entry-level system. That's how more folks will get into our hobby and maybe eventually buy the kind of gear we now adore.

So, think about it.. I think we should applaud the NY Times for this article, and hope that our hobby starts, once again, to attract the younger generation. I remember when I was in my teens and early twenties, and I would go to Tech Hi-Fi (remember them ?) and drool over the sound of music that was being played through their many systems. Well, these stores are now few and far between. Kids can't just go and hang out and listen anymore. Maybe we need more articles like this to spread the word.

Okay,..... I'm done preaching for now. Time to open a nice bottle of Shiraz and listen to some music. Hmmmmm, maybe some Joni Mitchell, Dave Brubeck, and Steely Dan tonight ! Happy Listening to all my fellow Audiogoners !

Okay... so then how are we going to introduce the "twenty and thirty somethings" into our hobby ?

Give them the opportunity to hear their music on your system. Let them *hear* what is possible. Music lives much better than it reads.

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Adam, you've got me wrong. I was not making fun of the guy's B&O speakers. There were two or three guys mentioned in the article. I merely identified him as the owner of the B&O speakers. I pointed him out because he was obviously the guy in the story with enough discretionary income to venture into the dark side, and an obvious music lover. I am not an audio snob by any stretch of the imagination. I make fun of audio snobs.
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