Of my university friends only a handful were/are into hifi. One is a designer at Bose, the rest are engineers or engineering PhD profs or research scientists. None are on the constant hunt for the next big set of gear. They made fairly substantial purchases and stuck with them until they failed and then researched the next purchased and stuck with that. None subscribe to forums or magazines.
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?