ohfourohnine
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Do Forum users Constitute a useful statistical sample?
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Hi, Cheapskate!

Good question.

I would bet we skew younger here, given the nature of how accessible we are to meet newbies.

I bet median income would skew below the print subscriber, by nature of the same "new to hi fi" feel I get from many posts and inquiries.

Hopefully, we're spreading the good vibes of hi fi and growing the community!

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Page 167 of the January issue of the magazine states:

Total number of copies: 96,859

Total paid and/or requested circulation: 77,593

Then there are various free copies, etc., distributed.

We are but a fraction of the total readership and probably not a good gauge. I suspect there are a good many older readers that are on the cusp of being luddites when it comes to computers and Web stuff. I doubt they'll ever even visit the forums.

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Luddites? I understand a whole bunch of Stereophile readers use TUBE gear!
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Thanks, Jeff, for digging out the numbers. You're probably right about the size and character of the sample despite the fact that it is larger and more typical than most of those behind the political polls some folks take so seriously.

About the luddite reference, consider the plight of older readers like me who are stuck in the web thing and have forgotten how to get out.

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