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What's that you say, sonny? Speak into my good ear. Say, while you are here check out my latest system. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayld6Yl3n54

I'm 23 now—music has always been part of my family and my life.

So what!

Currently 24, and I've been into two-channel audio for about five years now.

i have been an audiophile since the age of 13—I'm 34 years old. My first tweek was loudspeaker wire. It was an improvement. I was 13 at that time. The best upgrade, I think, would be new speakers.

In the 1980s, I felt like I was one of the younger faces in the high-end crowd. In 2008, I still feel like that's the case! Uh oh.

You should have asked last year and I would have chosen the previous age category!

I don't understand the stated reason for asking reader's ages. It either makes no grammatical sense or maybe I'm just too danged old to understand plain English.

I wish I could have checked the 21-30 box just to increase the numbers of the young crowd but I am, in fact 31.

Still have the ears, if not the hearing, of a teenager

I'm 65 with the hearing of a 25 year old male according to my audiologist. Aside from the factor of hearing diminishing with age, what on earth does this have to do with audio?

I read Stereophile and dream of the expensive systems. I assume that if you asked the readers what was the age and total cost of their systems, you would see a trend pattern. That would also help to explain why the age is so high; most young people don't even know this type of equipment exists.

I'm 42 and the dad of two music-loving boys. My eldest son (9) takes guitar lessons and my youngest (almost 3) wants me to carry him when I dance around the house.

Been into audio for about 10 years. (I'm 29), basically since I've had a job making over $9 bucks an hour, I've spent some or lots of it on audio. Since I've started to earn a more professional income it all goes to the house! But I have had just enough to have some wonderful equipment under my belt.

When most of us were growing up, a stereo was the ultimate in cool technology. TV was pretty generic, computers were still room sized, there were no iPods and portable music took the form of boom boxes or perhaps a Walkman. Today's youth have so many more toys on which to focus their technology attention. Furthermore, they mostly just download their music for free in the form of MP3s which don't have high enough quality to justify a high-end stereo rig. The resurgence in vinyl is encouraging though and appears to be bringing some young people back into the fold.

I'm 27 now and have been reading Stereophile since I was 12.

I hope to have my "dream system" before I get too old to enjoy it.

I started reading Stereophile several years ago when I was 18.

As an Electrical Engineering student, I really don't think my generation could understand half of the techinical reviews without background knowledge in power, circuits, and acoustics. I seem to enjoy the magazine a little more after I study each new subject and have a greater appreciation for the detail in each review.

I have always loved classical music and use to listen to records (the real item) on old Magnavox all in one consoles. Then in the mid '60's I was introduced to "hi-fi" by my cousin who had Dynaco equipement,a RekOCut Turntable and Lafayette Criterion speakers. After that I was hooked and have been for the past 42 years.

I'm not quite old.

Even before you print the results, I know we are a bunch of gray-beards growing grayer every day. Audiophiles are a dying breed, my friend.

I'm 35 years young! Feels great to be part of this hobby. Let's get the new gen involved!

It's not the age sweetheart, it's the mileage!

As a teenager, I really could not conceive of being 52. Now that I am, I realize I'm in better shape than many of them!

Stereophile reader since age 36. First audiophile experience at age 10 (Rolling Stones in stereo at my father's friend's house).

I think the way most articles are written means that this great magazine appeals to a wide audience

As I review audio mags, it becomes obivious to me the fact that classical music has lost its audience in America. It strikes me that it is no longer the standard for evaluation of tonal accuracy.

I got my first high-end system at 18, when I finished school.

When I took my 18-year-old son to a hi-fI Show, he said, "They are all clones—middle aged , overweight, and balding, the only difference is some have beards!" Since he had just described me I couldn't disagree