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In Reply to: RE: Stereos are not cool anymore posted by sudz1234@yahoo.com on October 09, 2014 at 14:24:10
I recently retired from a college teaching job. I have had several young people of undergrad college age recently who were very intrigued by my audio system.
One young man from China had never seen or heard a real turntable playing a real LP. He was fascinated. He came by my house at least three times while he was finishing his education to listen. We compared LPs to CDs and several different speaker and amp combinations so he could hear some of the differences that audiophiles love to discuss.
I do think it is true that most kids nowadays want it personal, portable, small and downloaded or streamed, but there are a few who are interested in conventional "stereos", collect LPs because they like physical media, cover art, etc.
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What got me interested in audio was the "fascination" in hearing a semblance of real live music out of a pair of loudspeakers.... All the rest is history.If a young individual is fortunate to hear enough unadulterated live music, and then hear a pair of speakers recreating that experience, he'll be fascinated too. This has nothing to do with generation, technologies of the time, or even cultural surroundings.
The only difference between when audio was popular and when it wasn't is simply the amount of unadulterated live music young individuals have been exposed to. We simply need to provide avenues for our young people to discover music acts outside the mainstream that they might enjoy. Which in turn could drive a passion to recreate the experiences via quality sound reproduction.
Edits: 10/10/14
While in our immediate circles we see a new interest from young kids in two channel audio,the masses have not yet caught on..It is changing a bit however,you don't see the socializing around the stereo like we did years ago..Of course,the computer has changed everything from how we play videos and watch sporting events and listen to music.
We also need to take into account how many young kids put money in their car stereo before they will a home stereo.Things change little by little and we are seeing movement with vinyl..Any growth we get is encouraging.
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
Edits: 10/10/14
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