I'm 36 years old (could be considered young or old depending on your view), my main stereo at home consists of a 1978 Realistic receiver I bought used years back and a pair of small off brand bookshelf speakers that were rated very well for the price (probably 20 years old and cost me $150 or something). Not high end but you didn't have to spend much to get half decent quality back then.
These days I often use headphones (Grado SR60 or Sony MDR 7506) connected to my phone but I still enjoy listening to music with some quality. It would pain me to spend much $$ on anything knowing the sound quality would be worse than my old stereo. I can't stand Bluetooth unless in a really noisy environment and can't hear all the details anyway.
Our mom and shop stereo shops still seem to be doing okay around here although who knows how the covid thing affected them. Very expensive rent downtown where the one is located in our town. I had them service my old receiver years back and would go back again for sure.
These days I often use headphones (Grado SR60 or Sony MDR 7506) connected to my phone but I still enjoy listening to music with some quality. It would pain me to spend much $$ on anything knowing the sound quality would be worse than my old stereo. I can't stand Bluetooth unless in a really noisy environment and can't hear all the details anyway.
Our mom and shop stereo shops still seem to be doing okay around here although who knows how the covid thing affected them. Very expensive rent downtown where the one is located in our town. I had them service my old receiver years back and would go back again for sure.