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I have to think that these type of initiatives are doomed to fail as long as the high-end industry continues to try to adapt new customers to the products they make, rather than making products that new customers want to buy. Look at the new products made by Bluesound, recently reviewed at Audiostream. Bluesound's product line includes small, attractive, inexpensive components that perform very well and can be controlled from a tablet or smartphone. This is the way to get new people interested in the hobby, not nebulous "action plans." When the high-end industry wakes up to this, they'll start attracting new people to the hobby.