Check out /r/audiophile on Reddit to see what the younger crowd is into. There’s a lot of folks into good budget stuff, but there’s a strong streak of that Audioholics / measurement-first, qualitative-listening-never attitude that can be a bit insufferable (there is a non-trivial number of people there who insist that all DACs sound the same, differences between amps are minimal, high bitrate MP3s sound as good as lossless, and that cables don’t make any difference).
Where are the young audiophiles?
I find it alarming that 95% of all audiophiles are seniors.According to a consultant at my local HI-FI store,young people don't seem interested in high-end equipment.They listen to music on their phone.Sooner or later, all the great neighborhood HI-FI stores will not be able to remain open. Kind of sad,don't you think?