Encouraging people to consider a traditional 2 channel stereo system.

@yakbob 100%

30 years ago, elderly schmos endlessly deplored the "kids" lack of interest in cars. 

What they really meant was that no one under the age of 100 gave a crap about $200,000 faux-Foose hot rods being driven 100 miles a year to cars and coffees and small-town parades.

Meanwhile, the kids were happily swapping, tuning and turbocharging all manner of humble Civics. But those aren’t real cars, you see! Rings a bell?

Make a lot of money, get old, and seek contentment in the music…

Another thing is, no one with intact cognitive abilities will tolerate being lectured about $1000 USB cables and $3000 network switches for long, nor about mummified Audiophiles prattling on about the unwashed proletariat’s envy of their highly resolving systems which they, of course, can’t afford. Just sayin

So many variables and posts that I agree with in this thread. Vinyl had a resurgence which I’m sure captured a portion of the younger population. In correlation (not saying causation), older Marantz receivers prices went up exponentially over the course of a few years, which I’d like to think went into the hands of younger generations around the same time.

I feel like I’ve read a few articles in the past suggesting how the resurgence in vinyl started, but I’d love to see some hard numbers on the age ranges and this physical medium. Unsure how you would track the same for Marantz which is simply a left-field connection I’m trying to make.