It isn't that I feel for GenX-ers and millennials because they missed out on some golden age of music. I feel for them because they can't or don't care to experience the wealth of live music that we boomers saw. Because there was no Tidal or Spotify we boomers had no choice but to see bands live. It's those real performances of yesterday that drives my current attempts to recreate those experiences in my living room. That for me is the frisson of the audiophile experience. I suspect as well it's those memories of living performers in real spaces that drive other audiophiles as well.
I feel bad for Generation X and The Millennial's
Us Baby boomers were grateful to have experienced the best era for rock/soul/pop/jazz/funk from 1964 thru 1974. We were there at the right age. Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Hi Records and then look at the talent we had. The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, James Brown, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, T Rex etc. Such an amazing creative explosion in music, nothing can beat that era.
I feel bad for the younger crowd Generation X and Millennials who missed it and parents playing their records for you it isn't the same experience, seeing these artists live years after their prime also isn't the same.