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??? Are Manufacturers Killing Our Hobby ???

 I had struck me recently that there is a GLUTTONY of equipment manufacturers these days & that,if not careful,the unchecked saturation of every corner of our hobby could bring about the demise of the entire industry..
 There are only so many consumers of audio reproduction equipment to go around.The younger generations,as a whole,seem uninterested in the pursuit of music reproduction in the home..Live music events are less & less about the music & more & more about the "show"being put on..
 Vendors at the last hi fi show I attended recently commented on how small the crowds were compared to previous years.
 Too much of anything is never a good thing in the long run...Is it possible that the unbridled ability of manufacturers to saturate the market with too many choices could be a DEATH knell to our hobby in the not to distant future?

freediver
mwinkc
381 posts
 

@mitch2 +1

@dill +1 One wonders why you got a hair-trigger, angry reply from OP. 

johnnybwood
37 posts
 

I think that if high end manufacturers placed more emphasis on making entry level products that blow your hair back it might garner more enthusiasm for the hobby. The audio tags also cater too much to the stuff that’s out of reach for most of us so that doesn’t help either. Just spitballing here.

hickamore
732 posts
 

If the manufacturers have covered all the bases, why can I not find a SS preamp with the versatility of the $800 Schitt Kara and the $7900 Coda 07x, but with a price in between those two and SQ approaching the latter? (This for backup system -- LS28SE controls the main setup).

As for the threat of overabundant choice: I know how this problem works at, say, Madame Romaine de Lyon with its 100+ different omelettes, and maybe there are too many hard-to-audition speakers for anyone to make a fully informed choice, but there's no surplus of preamps, be they tube or SS or hybrid. Likely because so many now use integrateds or run straight out from streamer/dac units.

freediver OP
1,347 posts
 

@mwinkc Because I already had a run in with 1 Karen yesterday before @dill ..WTH does it matter to anyone if I want to start my threads with ???......
@johnnybwood +1...

truebluephil
26 posts
 

SoyBoys are everywhere.crying Anyone has a right to start a thread the way they want to unless it violates forums rules. So many speech cops in our lives today. Just idiots 

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