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

I have the same concerns regarding my library.  Legacy can be a fickle mistress. 

I go to this mom/pop Thai restaurant. Mom/pop are constantly arguing/fighting the entire time grub’s made and it is cheap. Service is poor (eat a lot and get your ass going seems to be mom/pop’s motto). But, omg, the food’s amazing!! Filet mignon was always a huge fail in comparison. Some barbarian who had no idea of a spice or flavor profile ever in life cooks a chunk of meat and throws salt on it..he claims it’s ’high culture’ thereafter in his red poppy suit & tie, charges an arm and a leg....Fail

Fine Cabarnet?..Fail again.....Some Austin starlight vodka and some freshly squeezed...fresh...fresh...fresh...(Put it on the squeezer right in front of ya fresh) orange juice creates way more euphoria.

The filet mignon crap you got sold as high culture is a big letdown, in reality. Remember that.

(Doko bell is for the patriots, of course, manna from their gods).

In my experience you can’t make someone crave filet mignon and a fine Cabernet when they are happy with Taco Bell and Angry Orchard

It’s funny you don’t hear Porsche, Lamborghini and Ferrari making the same dire claims!

The audiophile hobby only has the manufactures and audio magazines to blame for this demise of our hobby. Have you been to an audio show lately or read a later audio magazine? The last show I attended had new manufacturers making products that cost 4x to 10x more than a competitor of just a few years ago. Same goes for the products that the audio mags promote as the best ever when I have listened to these products and others costing 1/5 as much and preferred the cheaper model. I was comparing a speaker that was going to cost me over $100k and preferred the $23k speaker. 
Back in the 90’s and 2000’s when CES/The show were the best, audio products were more reasonable, still expensive but achievable. 
 

Porsche and Lamborghini for example can charge $1M for a car and they will s ll out, and nobody claims Porsche charges too much, except for the people that can’t afford them.

@deep_333  Not sure why you're making such a big deal explaining what fresh orange juice is. Anyhow, you've no turntables listed in your Virtual System, so you can't be a real audiophile. 

I'll enjoy this hobby for as long as I'm alive and able to do so. What happens after that is of no concern to me.