Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off?

The younger generations will have something way better (spatial audio, object based audio, etc) for way cheaper. After the boomers’ finite lifespan ends, the younger ones will be wondering why boomers hung onto their lackluster stereo for so long. Their purity stereo will be equated to a case of stupid.

So the market for superior audio quality has declined in the face of enhanced reproduction coupled to degraded material. Declined, but not gone away. A couple decades ago, who would have thought that young people would start clamoring for vinyl playback and vacuum tubes? Saying things like "it just sounds better!". So I’m an old guy who just can’t give it up. I moved 60 boxes of vinyl down here!

So, you’re sitting around in 2024 with noisy old vinyl, tubes and under some illusion that younger folks don’t have anything or heard anything better than what you’ve got?

Quite funny because they can buy an official studio master 24bit hires for 8 bucks these days.

A pair of cheap apple spatial pods sounds better than any old old hyped up dinosaur rig i can remember. They are sure to be disappointed when they actually hear the quality of the dinosaur rigs/dinosaur media/the grand illusion/letdown.

I suppose there are a few young hipsters without a turntable collecting some vinyl...doesn’t sound like any kind of ’comeback’ to me.