«40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!»

So, he should be courting Viagra and Depends as advertisers on his website.  We should think of products and services to target older males who make up almost all of the serious audiophile world--I think high end hearing aids is an example.

He is wrong about a few things.

The 'bullsh' 'cheap' headphones actually sound pretty good these days. I am shocked by what I hear from a cheap pair of  hifiman headphones these days.

My area has lots of 'younger' hometheater dudes, diy'ing their subwoofers, room treatments and all that... very enthusiastic crowd,  the energy's all there....and guess what? Their stuff sounds pretty good, quite entertaining and it works for the different things they like to do, watching movies, listening to 'young people' music, playing 'call of duty', etc.

Why would they want to deal with some monster one trick pony hifi rig that doesn't even sound all that good...

It's a cultural shift. Hifi 'purism' killed it all, imo.... Deal with it.

On the bright side, once we are gone, we won’t care about such things anymore and those still around will have one less group around to tell them what they should do and how to do it.

So cheer up folks!

The Bright Side

I’m the same age as Jay and yeah it’s lonely in this range (and younger) in the USA. I’m good friends with the 3 I know around my own age in a LARGE metropolitan area. I’ve encountered a few more here and there (gear buy / sell) -they’re certainly out there but it’s rare. Part of it is the USA’s culture shift - a few other regions / cultures have more of an audiophile tilt.

Some of the older dudes I get along with great, and others - well, there’s a reason we get associated to some bad tropes & stereotypes. The women have always been rare as hen’s teeth. There are a few here and there, but in general they’re wired differently and have priorities that don’t lead them down this particular path. And that’s OK - don’t force what’s not there. Anyways if I hooked up with an audiophile gal I’d probably be broke on the streets in a month; I’m bad enough as is.

So what happens with all this equipment we have when we die, could be costly to bury with the body, could also have it incinerated for those who choose cremation. Being ;perceived as worthless junk by younger set means it goes to the landfill, think I'll choose incineration.