What's your profession? Age?

Ok, I'm a geek. Was wondering if the data in this thread might be useful, so I charted the ages.

www.hagtech.com/blog/images/audiogon.jpg

Interesting. Only 3 out of 304 responses were age 60+. Now is that representative of the true audiophile population, or does it reflect computer and Internet savvy? Maybe loss of hearing? I really don't know, and am curious to hear your theories and interpretation of the data.

I found it comforting to see so many in the younger 20 to 35 group. Seems high-end isn't going anywhere. The 35 to 55 group is huge.

jh

Jim, interesting statistics - seeing a strong 20-35 age group is encouraging (I am not alone!!).

Did you feel it would be worth charting the occupation as well? For example: Is there a stronger science and ingeneering or musician background? Higher vs. lower income jobs?

Disproportionate numbers of born-again christians?

04-27-07: Hagtech
Ok, I'm a geek. Was wondering if the data in this thread might be useful, so I charted the ages.

www.hagtech.com/blog/images/audiogon.jpg

Interesting. Only 3 out of 304 responses were age 60+. Now is that representative of the true audiophile population, or does it reflect computer and Internet savvy? Maybe loss of hearing? I really don't know, and am curious to hear your theories and interpretation of the data.

I found it comforting to see so many in the younger 20 to 35 group. Seems high-end isn't going anywhere. The 35 to 55 group is huge.

jh

Have you taken the age of the answers into consideration? For example, this thread is over 6 years old now. When I first replied, I stated that I was 40, I'm 46 now. That would put me into a different category in your 'chart' now. Granted this would take more work, but since you claim to be a geek, you've probably already taken this into consideration. :)

John

I agree with John, Hagtech. Please add another 6 years to everyone and give us another chart reading. Perhaps in the meantime, other contributors will add to this thread.