Can anyone tell me where the progress in audio went?

hard to have progress when your market is all old people . just not enough interest in hi end audio from the younger generations, yes there are a few outliers but as a whole our hobby is aging out of relevance. 

It went beyond a Youtube video of percussion only, and now can now reproduce a full spectrum from f music. 😜😂

A demo track like that makes me ask myself "What are they hiding?"

And if this is what they consider representative music, "Do I want speakers voiced with it?"  I have to wonder about their judgment.

It was really funny, the "music" ended, and the demonstrator was waiting for a big reaction from the people sitting there. I have to wonder what they were thinking, but it isn't hard to imagine.