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Tastes change with age?

Felt old, today, when I was seemingly unreasonably annoyed when a kid drove by in a rattling junk car with a boomin' system.  Pretty sure the kid thought it sounded good.

It's unreasonable, because I may or may not have once been a kid in a rattling junk car with a ridiculous set of subwoofers who may or may not have thought it sounded good at the time.  I guess tastes change with age, wisdom, exposure, and experience.  A "friend" might have once been able to stomach some Mad Dog 20/20 Orange Jubilee but now thinks he appreciates terroir.

Aside from perhaps having more "disposable" income as "audiophiles" age or moving with technology, might others prefer different types of music/gear than they once upon a time did?
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inna
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I prefer attractive women of all ages, within reason, and my taste in music hasn't changed in the last 35 years. Maybe I am ageless..
roberjerman
2,086 posts
 
I listen to more Jazz now (America's great contribution to Music!). Here in the Tampa area we have great Jazz broadcast every night from WUSF 89.7 FM. Commercial-free from 9 PM to 5 AM! Sounds great on my collection of vintage tuners!
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jayctoy
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I used to listened to Rock a lot, now mostly classical , jazz, folk, gospel music.
czarivey
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i started using less salt, but having realized that it changed my stool, i started adding a-bit more that i probably lack.
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toddverrone
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No, @czarivey , you’re salty enough..!

As I’m aging, my tastes are definitely changing. When younger, I was all about electronic music. That’s all I would listen to, all I was interested in. Moving to the UK and getting in with a great group of DJs and musicians exposed me to all kinds of music. They loved Shostakovich, Leadbelly, Terry Riley, John Cage.. they were into abstract film and all kinds of great generative art. Since then, i listen for the soul in each piece of music, as opposed to the sounds it’s made from. Now I like just about everything that has, at its core, space and harmony. The sounds may be death metal, noise or sweet k pop, but if it stirs me, I’ll listen to it.

As for overly loud, car rattling stereos, I’ve hated them since I was a wee lad. Never understood why my friends did that to their cars, back in the day..
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