How large (or small) is the audiophile market?


Just curious, how big is the total market for audiophile hardware?  There seem to be a lot of manufactures vying for a a small pool of potential buyers.  I've read in places that as boomers age the market is shrinking.  I don't know very many young people, but none that i do know are into it.  Anyone have any idea what the total market size is?

jtucker

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high quality audiophile components is a niche market. How many $100,000 speakers are sold? How many Wadex pieces are sold? Very few.

If you looked at the article, their premium products included:

List of Top Premium Audio Companies

Panasonic (Japan)
Soni (Japan)
Clarion (Japan)
KEF (U.K.)
Volkswagen (Germany)
Rockford (U.S.)
Acura (U.S.)
Bowers & Wilkins (U.K.)
Pioneer (Japan)
Bose (U.S.)
Dynaudio International (Denmark)

Source: https://www.businessresearchinsights.com/market-reports/premium-audio-market-110100
 

I could be wrong but I don’t think is would be going to Volkswagen, Bose, pioneer, or Acura for my audio system. If you looked at the article, they claimed high end was for music, movies and gaming. I’m not sure but I don’t think I would find a pair of $800k Wilson’s for a gaming system.

This is a hobby, a niche hobby, that very few people participate in. I think there are more $100k Porsches in our club than there are $100k amps in a 5 million population city.