Since my teenage years when I first paid good money for stereo equipment (money I had earned myself I hasten to add) my dad could never understand why!!?!! "A complete waste of money...etc"
He's now 70 and along with my mum spent 5 days staying with my wife and me earlier this week. I was therefore finally in a position to sit him down in my music room and let him listen to my present set-up.
I played some Bowie, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac & 'ahem' Tom Jones, all music that he was familiar with from his 'younger' days - he sat there agog (in his own words "stunned" and suddenly started asking questions about the system! A Result!!
Then I played some Ferry/Roxy Music and it made him cry (sorry dad). I don't think it will make him head for the nearest hi-fi shop and spend thousands but maybe he finally understands why music/hi-fi means so much to me.
He's now 70 and along with my mum spent 5 days staying with my wife and me earlier this week. I was therefore finally in a position to sit him down in my music room and let him listen to my present set-up.
I played some Bowie, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac & 'ahem' Tom Jones, all music that he was familiar with from his 'younger' days - he sat there agog (in his own words "stunned" and suddenly started asking questions about the system! A Result!!
Then I played some Ferry/Roxy Music and it made him cry (sorry dad). I don't think it will make him head for the nearest hi-fi shop and spend thousands but maybe he finally understands why music/hi-fi means so much to me.