Question Why Youngsters are not into Hi-FI

[abacus]

Interesting video here, interested in other opinions.

Bill

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Can't make myself watch YT stuff, but I suspect it's as much as anything down to the mobile becoming the main source of music. I can understand the view that what's the point in spending loads on big, immobile stuff when it can sit in your pocket. Coupled with the fact that kids stay at home until they are older, meaning that they probably don't have their own space, and that their folks will grumble about the racket they make. None of these are issues with a phone and some earbuds.

 

[RTHerringbone]

Yep, it's largely about what you are exposed to and (importantly) what your friends are doing. Along with the practicalities and cost.

My kids (11 and 14) only really knew of Spotify and YouTube as music sources until we brought Hi-Fi back to the house over Christmas. They were (begrudgingly) impressed by the increased fidelity through a "proper" system and will occasionally ask for their favourite songs and artists on the Hi-Fi, but it's just easier for them to scroll through apps and listen through headphones / pods wherever they want.

 

[Jasonovich]

I think, there's nothing to be had from this YT video. Kid's live on a different sphere than the rest of us.
The money they earn is spent on boozing and getting laid. The mobile phone in their pocket is their centre of the universe. They exert a lot of energy but do nothing.
It's important kids are allowed to have their time for living, everything else can wait.

 

[Snowfun]

Isn't it simply because what you (or "we") understand as "hifi" simply isn't relevant to those of a younger generation? It's all about ease of access and short-term enjoyment now - preferably with a video component added. The "quality" is all about the story and production value - very little relevance to how it is reproduced (which will, of course, invariable be via a phone). Similarly, very few youngsters are buying into traditional video cameras or DSLRs - phones are perfectly "good enough" (and for 99% of purposes, they are...). Indeed, I'd be more surprised if the question was "why is the younger generation still buying hifi"?

 

[DCarmi]

In my experience youngsters are not always that young. Many 30+ years olds just use phones or smart speakers.

 

[Dave_]

It's no bad thing IMO, since its an industry full largely of scammers and charlatans exploiting the gullible.

More power to them, for actually just "enjoying the music", something audiophiles purport it's all about, but fail miserably at.