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In Reply to: RE: any thoughts on this? posted by Green Lantern on January 24, 2016 at 13:26:32
A small army has been following my homepage since it began in 2005. Once I had kids, they grew up with, on, and around the dozens of hi-if products which came through. When maybe half a dozen Inmates spied my photos of infants crawling on or handling >$10,000 gear, they (the Inmates) got their panties in a bunch. But were these the guys who were actually here, watching over the kids, teaching those kids, listening to music? Nope.As one of my audio buddies remarked, we audiophiles, through carelessness, recklessness, stupidity, or sheer bad luck, do more harm to the equipment and to ourselves, than our infants or pets do. As 2-year-olds, my kids knew what to avoid, and how to operate the systems safely.
My kids are now in elementary school. They, and their classmates, know more about popular music than we audiophiles do. Yes, my kids have been exposed to audio and music since they were in their mommy's tummy. But today's kids also have apps, instruments, computers, devices, video games, YouTube instructional videos, and programs, to learn about, and how to play, music.
When I was growing up, each generation abhorred the next generation's music. Today's children have broken that cycle. It heartens me, to see school kids thoroughly enjoying, for example, 80s music. And what used to be risque or the "devil's music" no longer has a stigma or taboo attached to it. For example, I've seen elementary school kids freely and enthusiastically perform Motley Crue's "Wild Side," Slayer's "Reign In Blood," and Naughty By Nature's "Hip Hop Hooray" to a T.
And when you see a few of us old Stereotypical Audiophiles get upset and jealous, you know the kids are all right, and that we old dudes are the problem.
-Lummy The Loch Monster
Edits: 01/24/16Follow Ups:
I immediately thought of you when I saw the pic.
You should see one of my cats jump on the speaker, then on top of the record cabinet which the right amp sits on, then onto the window sill behind the gear. Never been a problem and I've no intention of trying to break her of the habit. She has her system down, and it doesn't affect my system!
marc g. - audiophile by day, music lover by night
Yes, I can understand why.
Consider yourself lucky.
My son and his friends discovered classic rock on Guitar Hero and love it.
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