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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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feldmen4
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My 2 boys are like Mickey B’s. Love two channel. My old stereo is split between them now and one day my main system will be as well.  I love that we have that in common though neither, at this point, is as afflicted as their father. Mainly I’m just glad that they love music and have found their own ways to pursue it. 
ebanksms
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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.

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joey_v
644 posts
 
I can be considered an “old” millennial.  I like and enjoy hi end audio.  You didn’t go wrong, but I believe he didn’t go right.

I’m exposing my kids early... in hopes that they will latch on.  My 6yo keeps asking, where’s the record player?
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gosta
839 posts
 
Also trying to figure out what to give my (grown-up) kids. For sure it’s gotta be active and app-controlled. No cables. The Naim mu-so been appreciated so far, but want to find something more capable. The new active Buchard system maybe. Welcome to the future. Old hifi with all it's curious tweeks is dying.
fatdaddy2
367 posts
 
I don't know; when I was growing up I'd likely be found in my bedroom listening through my (craopy) David Clark headphones (eventually replaced by Koss, which really weren't that much better), if not my Rectilinear XI speakers driven by Sony TC230 R2R with internal amp.  My step daughter (14 years older than my twins) got into vinyl and received my hand-me-down Rega Planar 2 (later Planar 3) and Maggie SMGa's; I don't think my twins could care less one way or the other (although they've benefitted from great sounding systems at home their entire lives).  Different era; different priorities.
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