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I was going to give my son a system, with brand new Solid Steel rack but he has AirPods???

AirPods and iPhones have replaced good 2 channel audio, it's criminal. They don't buy albums, CDs, or even the full album downloads. They've replaced my old 45s with mp3s.
I got him a Solid Steel rack and I can't return it, so what do I do? Sell it on eBay for local pickup or wait for him to get smart. You would think a mechanical engineer wants a Scoutmaster and a beautiful really well designed audio rack. I get he doesn't necessarily want my old Rotel amp and preamp, but I have a set of B&W CM2s on stands and he could get himself a home theater integrated amp and use the system to watch Movies at the least.
Where have we gone wrong?
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@hilde45 "It's interesting that this generation *does* like high def video. Why is there a taste for video clarity and definition but not audio?"

I think the attraction to  high def video revolves around the straight forwardness of it versus the shit-show that is high end audio.  I have  two 55" TVs. One is an LG OLED and the other is a TCL LED. Anyone  with decent eyesight will instantly agree that the OLED trounces LED. Now ask the same question about any two speakers, amplifiers, DACs etc all within the same price and performance ballpark and the responses will be all over the map.

Mark

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