How Large Is The Audiophile Industry ?

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Amp_Nut
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#1 erstellt: 18. Okt 2006, 11:18

I have often wondered about the size ( in value or Number of Units sold ) of the audiophile industry.

Surely there MUST be some formal figures or atleast Gustimates ?

How many Audiophiles are there Worldwide ?

Has the industry grown or fallen in the past few years ?

Anyone has info, or pointers where I can find some info ?

Thanks

Amp_Nut
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#2 erstellt: 19. Okt 2006, 03:34

I have posed this question on other forums too.

Here is one reply I got

Audiophiles, or audiophooles???

Unless any other club can go better, I think here in Melbourne we have
the largest group of Audio Club members with an active membership of
over 150.

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~macinc/

Cheers,

Peter H

It does not provide any specific answers to my question, but do checl out the link ... and their DIY section !

Hopefully we could graduate to that level, some day.

Cheers

P.S. I ( personally ) would define an audiophile as a person that Enjoys music, and actively persues this interest.

The industry pandering to the audiophile is the audiophile industry... IMHO.

Krish
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#3 erstellt: 19. Okt 2006, 07:37

Amp_Nut schrieb:

I have posed this question on other forums too.

Here is one reply I got

Audiophiles, or audiophooles???

Unless any other club can go better, I think here in Melbourne we have
the largest group of Audio Club members with an active membership of
over 150.

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~macinc/

Cheers,

Peter H

My sense is that the HT, MP3 iPod personal stereo and perhaps the car audio segments are really booming.

Doubt whether the separate HiFi component market is growing at all...

I would imagine that this can be co-related to the sale of CDs.'cept for few nuts