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And I still listen to all the tunes I purchased in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, except instead of being on vinyl 45s and LPs, they're on CD and on my computer as digital files.
Reader "craig" writes: "Okay, let's get right to it. What is the age of <I>Stereophile</I>'s readers? The reason I ask is the choice of 'favorite music' in a recent Vote question." So how old are you?
The great thing about being 66 and having been an audiophile for 50 years is having experienced the great, golden age of hi-fi and the advent of stereo. I was at the San Francisco HiFi Show in 1958 when they demonstrated the advent of the stereo LP with a new Electro Voice ceramic phono cartridge playing Audio Fidelity stereo LPs. Now that, folks, is really livin'!
HA! I fit right in (barely) in a certain age group! To be honest, if you were to try to figure out my age group from what I listen to, it might be impossible. Other than rap and similar music, just about everything catches my interest. Maybe this leads us to another question; "Does music transcend age?"
I'm 54 and I bet I'm near the mean, too. Had to laugh at a recent review of a speaker that had a crossover point of 13khz to the HF driver. I bet the majority of your readers (and the reviewer) couldn't tell if it was connected or not.