What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate?

I love new music. There is so much. I buy gear that lets me maximize it. New music is more full that yesterday’s. Most older folks here have stopped deep diving into new artists. Classically trained passionate artists who produce electronic and house. Composers of carefully layered hiphop. But most here are not a part of those “conversations”. I also find it sad that all these older folks lack education. They don’t know how to properly analyze new information. All old heuristics for this sad lot. So many Ad Hominem attacks on “new music”, anyone can point out mass production garbage. But that only makes up 1% of new music. If you can’t name 1000 new artists than you shouldn’t talk. Otherwise, from a scientific perspective, you are speaking from ignorance. Old people are just are as sensitive as those generations they complain about. Gen X just sits and watches your inauthenticity play out over the past 40 years. Now we want your equipment at a fraction of purchase price when you die. Is that gonna be soon?

@secretguy maybe like um lack of discernment instead of lack of discrimination. My attempts at bliss ended long ago. I’m autistic. A classically trained pianist with perfect pitch and rhythm. I need my music loud. I don’t listen to pop. Or not much. idk? I don’t listen to anything I don’t enjoy. Going to the symphony as kid informed my ear. So did Greatful Dead shows. But stealing into the blues and jazz clubs while underage was the most informative. Their intimacy and presence fulfilled my sensory needs. Then House music and oh boy. Just allowed my brain and body to go. I’m also a high level athlete coming from professional genetics. Football, basketball, boxing, wrestling, and now dancing! Now truly all my senses were not in pain anymore. The DJs played different sets just like the Jazz guys and you needed a knowledge base to understand and hear it. I built my own equipment as a kid. Listening to the House DJs late into the night over local radio. I understood some principles of sound engineering and read all the books the library had. But eventually I needed a college education and so physics was perfect to stick to my various hobbies. Huge amateur astronomy buff here. Telescopes are easier to purchase with a good job. So I got one. Then I realized I could never build what I could buy in terms of equipment. ATCs set in a near field well dampened studio that I built in my basement. It’s so revealing of everything. I recently upgraded my turntable and love how much better it controls the rhythm. Everything else is almost the same. Slightly better pitch control maybe. Anyway, there are thousands of artists producing more music that I am able to consume. Thank heavens for streaming. Game changer that’s still sending ripples through the audiophile and music industries. And now, bully to my ignorance. Thanks for the wake up call @secretguy, think about the inauthentic version of life I’ve been living. And now, back to the music. Peace yo.