Why is Car Audio and this forum dead?
 

Could it be people getting sick of being banned?

Could it be the expensive vendor fees?

This place use to great for info and help but now its dead. I think the site could be sucessful again but there needs to be major changes.

Anyone else have some input?

I've closed my forum (french) in september because of the lack of post... People get bored of the same thing everyday, they want new, this site will eventually close and another one will take over. Also, this place is operated as a business and the community feeling is gone IMO

Not being able to reply In classifieds is on kick.

Lymen

Doesn't stop here, the number of competitors showing up for shows was dismal.

very true....the whole car audio scene is dead

Our weather doesn't help; we get maybe 4 nice months a year here- who wants to bump and meet up in the frigging winter? Canada is a tough place for a hobby like this. Places like SMD forums are FULL of new posts because places like the US can do it comfortably all year.
My $.02

unfortunately, the prime time of car audio is over. There just isn't enough interest at the basic consumer level to drive the enthusiast market like it did before. Don't get me wrong, there will always be enthusiasts like us, but the novelty and excitement of car audio really started mid 80's and ended probably early 2000's (if that late). What we're experiencing now is the slow drop off. Eventually it'll be mostly enthusiasts and hard core car audio guys that'll still be into it. Add to that the oem systems are way better than they used to be, much harder to change, and most "normal" consumers can't see any real benefit to changing their systems anymore. What we have now is the typical evolution of specialty products. Home audio went through a similar evolution, lucky for them that home theatre became a big thing. Maybe sometime in the future some new technology will boost car audio up a bit, but I doubt it'll ever be what it was. Sadly..nothing lasts forever!

it also doesnt help when sanctioning fees are through the roof no shops can afford to pay those fees so they dont even look at doing shows

I wouldn't call $50 for a 1x fee through the roof but regardless of the fees if only a handfull of competitors show up that leaves a bad taste about doing it again ...