Where are the young audiophiles?

Back in the days of yore (1976-78) when I had my first good corporate job at 24 buying HiFi gear of quality was far more affordable than today. Here's what I bought from my local audio store: AGI 511 preamp ($450), Son of Ampzilla ($420), Mitsubishi DA-F10 tuner ($280), Ariston RDII TT ($270), SME 3009 arm ($150 - new!), GAS Sleeping Beauty E mc cartridge ($200), Verion SUT ($375), DCM Time Windows ($660/pr). Add some Verion Triaxial ICs ($30/pr) and Mogami 2477 coax speaker cable ($1/ft). So for about $2K+ this was a killer system then! Today one would have to spend $20K+ for similar quality! The bar has been raised too high for too many! 

By judicious shopping on eBay I have over the past 5 years been able to buy again secondhand most of the above gear - for comparable or less prices! It does still sound as good as it did 40+ years ago! So maybe today's used market is the key to acquiring quality gear for the younger crowd!

Runnng away in horror after reading the crap on this forum!

Here are some of the younger audiophiles

https://youtu.be/HqRJpq-hcRQ
https://youtu.be/C5Wo53s4AjE

@jundaku. “The biggest issue is that it’s a rich mans hobby and not to many of us young people can afford it.....”

I can assure you that when I was young in college and the years afterwards... it was a rich man’s hobby. I saw old guys go in and buy a top of the line Audio Research component costing what I made in six months. I scraped and saved and bought used equipment... lower end stuff. I read endlessly, trying to piece together my together for a next to nothing. My first non-school loan was for an amplifier. 

So, while I can’t say getting older is fun. I truly enjoy being able to listen to a $22K component and pretty casually say, “sounds great, I’ll take one... could I hear the new preamp also.” Of course, this is in my home because my audio guy brings stuff to my house for me to audition. I can’t begin to tell you after fifty years of passionate pursuit, how great it feels to be one of those old rich guys. Work hard, dream, and one day you’ll be lucky enough to say the same.