I dunno but according to my impressions, di ba usually those who are into this HT and audio hobby are mostly in the age 30 & up bracket? So that makes you young .
I like to think so too.
I guess 30 something and above is the time when you most likely have achieved a place in the corporate hierarchy or a thriving business when you can afford to buy all those goodies needed for a really serious audio or HT set-up.
Ironically and unfortunately, it's also the time when you develop a serious diminution in your hearing prowess.
The irony of it all is just when you can afford to indugle in a Bryston or a B&W, you really can't hear all their promise of delivering flat frequencies up to 20khz. Only up to 17khz, gradually getting lower as you age, about 1khz down every decade or so. In that sense, anybody wo can now afford to indulge in this hobby is, quite simply, old.
Unless you're a rich 16 year old kid who just inherited you dad's esoteric gears.
Very rarely do you find an 16 year old enjoying his own Bryston amps and Maggies in a well treated listening room with his own plasma TV. That's really the age range when you can enjoy all the frequencies up to 20khz. Or a 20-20 vision to enjoy all the colors.
But here's another irony, a 16 year old would most likely be happy wasting his faculties away in their peak with a portable mp3 and a pathetic headphone.
Life is one great irony.