Keith G wrote:

And it is.

But is it 'audio', Usenet or the the Internet generally? I also hooked up to
a number of (digital) photography newsgroups and they are mostly silent with
the few that do have some traffic usually getting less than a dozen posts a
day.

Elsewhere, eBay is very flaccid these days with reams of identical auctions
from traders (mostly Chinese) and no end of secondhand items getting no bids
at all - it looks like in the UK, at least, used budget audio gear isn't
making money worth the hassle of packing it up and lugging it to the post
office!!

Probably because secondhand audio is generally vastly outperformed by more
recent and inexpensive gear. The design 'tricks' have been learnt, the
components cost less now, so what do you expect ? Add on CAD simulation and
today's gear is very good generally at a sensible price point.

Incidentally, when I nearly worked for NAD ( this was in the mid 80s ) they were
using CAD and simulation even then.

Graham