What is going on? No-one buys good stuff priced right.


There are Lamm hybrid monos, Rowland 8T, YBA Passion Integre and Lavardin integrateds, Dynaudio Contour and Confidence speakers,and that's only what I took a look at.
Too many choices, too much hesitation, no funds, not in the mood, summer time ?
inna
As others have said summer is usually slower and also a lot of folks who've been doing this a long time are getting to the point where they make changes more infrequently. I know I used to churn through a lot of gear but not my $ is mostly spent on ancillaries, tubes, footers, cables etc. And please can we leave politics out of this?
Maybe we don't want because we can't. In any case, let's stay alive a little longer. Vladimir too.
Seriously...Krell, KEF, Audio Research, Harbeth. Someone tell, me, "WHAT is going on?????"
uber expensive equipment on the way out, even a lottery winner can see most modern hi fi is a bad value.

Mapman said "that and also stagnant wages and rising cost of living probably has something to do with it."

Stagnating here for years in SoCal and cost of living just keeps going right on up. Puts that Mbl system right out of reach for me too.