Why do all audio forums on the internet seem "dead" ?

The pro market is doing great!

There are three reasons for the demise of audiophile 

1. Snake oil


2. Snake oil


3. Snake oil


There are a few other reasons being that the quality in general of audio products peaked in the late 80's. Audiophiles went ever further into crazy pursuits in order to continue what was a legitimate search in the old days when most systems were inadequate. Boutique Manufacturers ended up building designs that were like fashion clothes - no longer accurate but incredibly colourful and justified these designs with bogus science. Then home theatre came along and video killed the radio star! Now people have an attention span of less than a minute - so I don't see it changing. The Digitsl loudness wars has also ruined music quality to the point it is impossible to fix a crap product no matter how much you spend on a home system.

In short, audio in general became very good and the "cause or mission" became aimless once good sound was easily attainable to all. 

Pro market is different. There is still room for improvement (loudness, dynamics, accuracy, reliability, portability, IEM monitors etc) but the target market is musicians and producers who look for more than just sound quality at low listening levels with little in the way of dynamics.

I think the forums are useless - that is why.

They are inhabited by those trumping their own latest high priced expenditures (to justify things in their own mind more than anything else). They are further fuelled into aimless merry-go-round equipment changes by the clever "fear and bogus science" marketing of savvy dealers, sellers and boutiques (you know who you are).

There are some here who genuinely appreciate music and have good ears but they are drowned out by tin foil hatters and all manner of special unproven but "fantastic" tweaks (the grossly expensive speaker and interconnect cables being a clear example of the ridiculousness of these forums when a decent XLR or ordinary cable will do)

I deliberately left these forums for several years and just came back to check and see if anything had changed - it hasn't - forums are still stuck in aimless rambling, hyperbole and anecdotes as they were 10 years ago when I first joined.

I got better things to do! So long and thanks for the fish!