Where are the young audiophiles?

+1 helomech. Smart beats expensive every time.

I think audiophilia, the kind many here subscribe to would be considered by many younger to be elitist and a bit bizarre. It is not very inviting, nor inclusive and feels a bit like a strange club. Younger people these days tend to be more experienced oriented not thing oriented. Sharing your stereo on Instagram is not "cool" to them. Tighter housing also means less opportunity for the volume levels to enjoy.

Artists make their money now from touring, not selling media. It has changed the nature of the business. Look at what is playing on my turntable thread. I relatively small cross section of popular music. There were as a lot of awful music in the 60s, 70s, 80s, just like today. There is also some very good music today. I expect more 60+ year old are not looking for it.

I would argue that the demographic in question aren’t too poor to afford the average system discussed on Audiogon, they could care less. They like good sound but want it packaged to fit them: decor friendly, space friendly, user friendly. This group could generally care less about a Porsche 911 and instead would prefer a Cayenne, a X5 or a FFRR...something that can easily carry their gear and their dog. I have one acquaintance who spent over $250k so that he could have the ultimate 1980 Toyota FJ40. Why? Because that’s what he would rather drive.

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I believe you are correct. Most people on here I suspect have had good systems since their 30's. Maybe not everyone, but a lot of people. That is not occurring with todays 30 years olds and lots of them have money. The bottom end is poor, but the top end is doing well. They may not have the space, but their priorities are different.

daledeee1, that is true to a point, but a lot of that is because the supply chains are broken.