How could High End audio be improved?


I have read alot here about many of the complaints about where High-End audio is going, and maybe it's dying, and stuff like that. Are the prices getting too high, or is the hype out of control, or is there too much confusion, or are there too many products, or obsolescence happening too fast, or new formats confusing things, or Home Theater taking over, or what?

What do you think are the main problems in the High End, and what would solve them? What will it take to get some vitality back in this industry?
twl
Hello Detlof, how are you? How is the trip to Africa? Hope you have had a pleasant trip.

Before you read further, I'd to say that, I have always respect you as an elder to me, a highly respected human being. You Sir., have asked the questions. If there are questions, there are answers, be answered...

Look around, see who is your friend? Look down an compare the two quotes: One is yours, One is your so called "friend". Your friend contradicted himself all over, You and all.

"As good old Carl Gustav said, there just ain't no truth, which cannot be turned upside down and stood in its head."

"If one has to look it up from someone else, or decry thinking and dialogue, itself part of the "what is", then he probably doesn't know."

Regards
William
6ch, you should tell us who you think is not being a "friend" to detlof and why.

You once had to apologize here and I said to you it was courageous to do so, and even allowed you to do so without apologizing specifically, which is what you should have done.

Similarly, its not constructive to say to someone that there are people who are not their friends, then not say why or who you are specifically talking about.

Some of that selective courage, please.
Basic research regarding technical specifications and listening tests. Which specs are really meaningful to our perception of sound? How well do they correlate with good sound? Research into possible new specs that have a good correlation with sound and how this would apply to improvements of new audio products.