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Any Young Audiophiles Out There?

I am 20 years old and I do have my concerns about the future of this hobby. I do not see or hear about many people that are into this under the age of 30. I understand that this could be for financial reasons, but when factoring in this site, fairly nice setups (that perform miles above what you get at bestbuy) can be obtained for under 2000 dollars. A lot of my close friends love coming over and listening, and they do appreciate the quality, but at the same time they are more than happy with their Ipod and stock Apple headphones that come with it. They seem to be more impressed with a 2000 dollar Plasma than a 10,000 dollar stereo system...So if anyone is out their, this post is for us!
-Darren
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mapman
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Dwindling #'s at least in the traditional sense in the US.

Maybe, in the traditional sense, it will catch on more in modern day developing countries the way it seemed to for awhile in the US?

Depends on whether to qualify as an audiophile one must start a record collection, buy a turntable, and roll some tubes for acceptance.

Most people these days lean towards ipods, convenience and home theater.

Does this indicate that we are in fact truly in decline?
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mapman
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For a young "audiophile", an Ipod or mp3 player with decent earphones is the most practical and affordable first system.

I loved music and audio as a kid in a blue collar US household but did not have my first "good" system until I was 18 or so.

So in a sense there are more young potential audiophiles running around out there today at a younger age with halfway decent sound, so in a sense kids today may in fact be ahead of the curve compared to past generations in terms of # kids equipped with decent sounding music at younger ages.

Anything is possible from there.

All peoples both young and old enjoy music though....that will never change.

So maybe there is hope FWIM.....
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