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

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.

@michaellent + 1

I recently read that you can add 9 years to your life by running 40-50 minutes, 5 times a week.  Perhaps we should be skipping the next DAC upgrade and investing in a good pair of running shoes to sustain the useful life of quality audio gear? And  postpone the day our widows will rejoice when all our stuff is out of her house, perhaps indefinitely?. 

@noromance I have a SME sitting in storage somewhere, donated to me by a friend when he passed away (it’s being retained in his memory)....but, i don’t use it because i’ve got Daniel Hertz Master Class, which takes my digital files straight back to the genesis... the sound of analog master tape when i want it.

Ah, I see that you’ve been botching up the pristine hires digital studio masters and pressing it on vinyl for xtra audiophile cred.

Nevertheless, could Levinson/Daniel Hertz’s master class software make me a real audiophile? What do you think?

@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.

The upside to this decline in hi-fi owners (as dark as it sounds) is that there’s opportunity for the 55 and under crowd to pick up some sweet deals from the widows trying to unload all that "unsightly gear my husband left behind and I need to clear it out to remodel the room for my crafting studio. Everything must go!" posts on FB Marketplace.

I think about the decline of woodworking as a hobby in the States and how, if you keep an eye out for it, one can pick up some nice, barely-used quality hand planes, chisels, and the occasional vintage Delta cabinet table saws because neither the kids nor the wives of those woodworking hobbyists are remotely interested in keeping all those tools from the woodshop.