It is quieter in here than a a turntable with the cue lever stuck up.

It is quieter in here than an anechoic chamber inside a black hole.

Doesn't seem quiet to me at all. I see activity.

I think a lot of people do check in still. But, especially certain times of the year, more folks are definitely outside. We are outside people. Sit too much indoors, butt gets sore....

Well I looked back through the forums somewhat and it is quieter here than some years ago. IMO far from dead.

There are little surges when products ship and reach new hands and some of these join our discussions. I think that the very structure of bullten board forums has failed to capture new adopters and other forms of social media have grabbed many, though audiophiles seem less inclined to post on Decware's platforms. Maybe that will change one day. I'm not a phone person so don't know how that operates as a phone-based genre--my phone flips and is not connected to the niternet and I don't want one that does--don't work and don't need one for that, don't get out of the house emuch, and I'm geared towards a laptop, not a phone. I sometimes feel like I'm hearing echos here when I post, but many of my posts are just chronicling my listening which I also do on two other (jazz-centric) boards.  I guess I don't need to do that, haven't received an outcry against it, and I do enjoy seeing what others hear and how different that can be.

I'm glad the few, the proud, the stubborn still join in here.

Yes, I agree that it is quiet and I know I post a lot. I always have. . .others who used to don't, the ratio looks very uneven.

But it's not DEAD. I guess I am my father's son and grandmother's grandson--they were both language people and writers and sticklers for words and their meanings. This place is quiet and at times even quieter, but not DEAD.

I have observed that in the past, pre-long waiting list, persons would get a product and post about it and get comments and post again and get comments. . . now with such a long wait time persons on the list might check in . . . the first year or so. . .then when the item finally arrives they may . . . in many cases may NOT. . .check in but don't seem to stay and converse in the manner that one used to. I do see more comments about "incoming" and "arriving" components on the facebook page(s) than here. But those pages are even QUIETER than here, and not much discussion is carried on for more than a day or two.

It may be a sign of the times. It may be a sign of Decware's popularity as far as orders go, with the sometimes very frustrating long wait time.

When we had more activity here we did have some "strife" -- that did make the place seem "alive" but I too believe we are better off without that element.

Stay healthy Larry! Health issues are no fun, I'm having my share, but we have to keep on listening!

It has been quieter than pre-covid times but So far this year I've signed on more members than at any previous time.  The forum is growing by several members every week, but most don't post.  

I have also shifted much of my posting to Youtube videos, 53 so far, on topics I usually cover in this forum.  With over 2000 people on the waiting list, the videos are answering questions they will have while they wait as well as general information that will help them get the most out of their purchase when it does arrive.

Many of us Boomers are being replaced by people who only use their phones.  This is a desktop forum.   I have added social media and email sharing buttons to the posts so that you can at least now share a post to someone.  

People are asking AI, like ChatGPT as an example, questions that they used to post here.  Sadly the answers are often wrong.  I have trained our own AI for this, and it does not have that issue.  It's been used a lot, and since it seems to be holding up, I'll probably take it to level two this winter if I get time. Still there is no substitute for real people, like the ones here.

Historically this is the time every year when posting slows because school is out, vacations, warm weather is starting, time to get outdoors.

And obviously, it is hard to post and listen at the same time, so it just means that all the thousands of people who read the forum every day, are listening to their stereo instead of posting.