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?
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Showing 1 response by nardandsaffron

I think this is far from true. There's a big resurgence in hi-fi here in Los Angeles. Bars like Gold Line and In Sheep's Clothing are reinvigorating the interest, plus brands like Common Wave and Ojas have huge followings with high-end designers and lots of young clientele. I think these communities are skewing toward vintage and the Japanese/Kissa vibe, and less toward the "hi-tech", brutish systems of the 90s/early-2000s.

I work at a record label and we're selling more vinyl than ever. The plants are totally bottlenecked due to the covid surge, which I think is being driven by people under 40.

We're also not lingering in forums that disparage entire genres of music, lol. Maybe Millenials and Gen Z have realized that life is too short to bicker on forums.