Why aren't the older members still active ?

I'm surprised to see no mention of TWL. He stood as one of the most interesting and pioneering individuals I met through this site. Is he still camping in Tennessee?

One of the reasons I tire of reading this stuff is the perpetual emphasis in brands. Audio theory, practices and principles tend to lead us away from endless mention of companies which have not grown along with us.

Many long time users have gotten off the highway and cannot any longer communicate successfully with those who still have their noses buried in TAS and Stereopile.

Censorship is very discouraging also. It seems random at best and uneven otherwise.

Good call there MJ on Mr. Lyons, one of my old faves for sure. If memory serves, I believe I may have been the first member to respond to him on the occasion of his first contribution to a thread.

Anyway, speaking for myself, as much as anything I think it's that I got the novelty of conversing and posting online out of my system (in my case thanks almost entirely to Audiogon), and went back to using that time for other things, including listening to more music.

Yes, cencorship gets on my nerves too. Global fear and paranoia show themselves here as well.

The list is inherently going to be incomplete, as we will never be able to remember everyone on the first (or third) pass.

I'll add Eldragon this go 'round, though he occasionally pops up here.

After five years or so I'm less of a poster and more of a reader of the few and far between. As retailing has declined the site has kept curiousity alive and led me to get out more often to the shows as a hedge against forum hyperbole and magazine reviews. If the hobby is a learning experience, eventually one's system evolves toward an endpoint, which makes posting less urgent.