My niece (in college) and nephew (senior in high school) are both into vinyl. Before covid , I would visit them in Lincoln, CA. and we would go out and hit the record shops from Sac to Rocklin. There always seemed to be more young than older people in the shops.
But they both did not know about quad. My nephew came and visited the other day (mask, hand washing and sd) . We played some vinyl and 8 track (P.F. DSOTM UK version) quad stuff. He was amazed! I sent him home with a Sansui QRX 7001 , a Sansui FR 3080 tt. He is coming back for the speakers. Also a couple of records . He already has it set up and using it (using other speakers till then). He loves listening to the records.
My 28 and 38 year old daughters both have systems I gifted to them and also enjoy the analog sound.
I think most young people are living too fast to be able to sit and really listen to music. I see music these days as background music to life. My opinion