What's going on with the audio market?

Yup.  It's music here not politics.  I still enjoy the new music coming out and some of the new gear is great.  I hope this hobby doesn't kill itself by overpricing gear.

I'm pretty much done.  I'm 43. No more major purchases for me 

@jafant lol.  Everything is obamas fault even high end audio. Anyway. Stuff is overpriced. Service and quality is lacking? I think computer audio and streaming is also a factor!

Yup.  This is not a political discussion. But I tend to feel a lot of back in the day vibe here. Failure by companies and the older audiophile communityto step into the new times is also key.  This generation wants choice of music over sound quality. I think that pricing has really gotten out of hand. Listening habits have changed.  Same old rock Same old jazz and same old blues or country is not doing it for the new audiophiles.  You have them listening to other genres and people doing streaming and or computer audio more.  The straight up 2 channel market is suffering.  Eventually you got to accept that and that Obama has nothing to do with it. Lol. There is an eroding audio middle class. 

Not a class discussion.  I can buy what I want for the most part but nobody wants to put a new car into their system. Nor should they have to. I'm pretty much done on the big purchases. I'm pretty much done on the behavior of some of our audiophile brothers. It's become a hobby that is less about fun and more about guys thinking they they got better gear than other guys.  Some guys even think can tell other folks what to say. I think I have ran into more snobbery and less guys that just want to listen. This hobby is changing  there are less true audiophiles and more uber expensive gear that can't be purchased by most.  Bad mix 

Ok fellas, I think you guys all make valid points in the audio direction as far as gear and sales.  I'm a young 43 I been in the hobby for the last 8 years. I went to the top of the heap pretty fast I went from gear to gear.  I heard Dave baskin's half million dollar system. Raidho and solutions.  Blew me away.  I've heard top of the line cabling and other gear.   There is great stuff being made.  But I'm done. I'm keeping my kr audio va 900 integrated. My gato fm6 my Parasound cd1 and resonessence mirus dac. I use high fidelity, mavros and clarity cables.  I'm happy. I change my music not my gear anymore.  It's about the music.  Not Obama, free speech etc.  No rants just happy smiles when you hear the notes being played. Don't talk just listen. Enjoy all! 

Changes in listening habits, formats etc.. You have to replace the older audiophiles with new ones eventually and the price of some of this gear is crazy. I just want to enjoy the music and not obsess over it. Streaming, high prices, less real musicians,less discretionary income declining two channel market is killing the hobby

Yup Obama is too blame for the bad audio market the last 8 years. It always comes back to Obama.  No Obama no audio problem.  Anyway. Make higher quality better priced gear and it could grow again. 

Fixate on audio. Politics has nothing to do with it. Anyway. This hobby takes your time and money. I think the prices are so high it becomes Benz or audio.  House or audio.  College tuition or audio.  It is insane. I say it now but I was in the spin cycle.   I'm done