HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ???

It also comes down to how satisfied you are with your system and if you really think something else will make a significant improvement in your system to buy something different.  I remember buying and selling amps and preamps years ago to see how I could improve my system based upon stereo magazine reviews, other peoples opinions, etc.  What I came away with is that all that did not matter until I could hear a component in my system and judged for myself.  I fell off that game when I took the time to build my own components and found out how parts and components interacted in different systems.  Living in the NYC area there are so many audio clubs that I would borrow and hear stuff in my own system.  I also repair audio components so I could hear those components in my system and also started to understand how parts upgrades or modifications changed the sound.  Once I began understanding how to change the sound, it was much easier from there to achieve the sound I wanted for my system or in some other persons system.  I built a preamp with a selector switch so that you could change the output resistors (5 different ones) with the switch.  Almost like changes cables but with a switch.  That was a lot of fun see peoples faces including my own expression as you turned the selector.  That is how I learned what worked and sounded better consistently.

So if your item is not selling, there is probably a reason maybe what you did not like or what did not work in your system, it not something someone else is really looking for?

Happy Listening.  

I sold my items, Zesto Andros Phono and Sanders Sound ESL II Amp, pretty quickly.  Within 4 or 5 days of my posting date.  I did have them priced right and accepted offers that were somewhat less than I wanted.  The fees on here are much higher than a few years ago!  I'm thinking Ebay might be cheaper now.

I had another item to sell, a preamp, but decided to trade it in for a new DAC.  I think the trade in credit was more generous then what I might be able to fetch on here due to the final value fees, shipping, insurance and Paypal fees.

To answer the question more directly though, I think the slowdown could be contributed to the baby boomers entering into retirement and being a bit more judicious with their spending.  I'm  a divorced 40 year old with a teenager and a tween and have made a few major purchases just recently.  I had left my system largely untouched for two years.  When I go to the audio shows the demographic is still by far the baby boomer bunch.  When I tell my contemporaries about my listening system and prices, they nearly fall over and need resuscitation.  They think I am nuts!  They think nirvana comes in the shape of a Bose soundbar.  

I do think that there is a younger (like in their twenties) that are now getting into the vinyl seen and are curious about getting a stereo setup.  I recently sold a set of speakers locally to a college student.  So there might be hope; if these young folks can get well paying jobs after university.

Agreed.  I put a piece up recently and did not get a whiff of interest, not even lowball offers, even after dropping the price 25%. 

I also look at a lot of gear for sale I'd love to buy but don't have room for, and it just sits there unsold.  Maybe everyone else is like me, too much gear and generally happy with their sound.  

Selling on audio mart and waiting a few extra weeks for the sale is looking more and more attractive.

The nature of any free market includes cycles. Just as the stock market will lurch and gyrate, so too do the prices of audio equipment rise and fall. No single snapshot in time can be used to evaluate the overall health of any market. Those who act on those snapshots are almost always losers in the market.