Galliardist
Major Contributor
There is a simple test for what people can afford (at least for the moment) in any country and that is the TV market. Older people who are not retired still buy and value television sets, and just looking at the average size screen and the percentage buying OLED sets will reveal buying power. If the bulk of people buying large screen and OLED sets aren't also buying some kind of stereo or surround setup, it isn't because, for the majority in those brackets, they can't afford it. If that section of the TV market is also small, it's a good guess that most of the population can't afford much audio wise.This is not about the general population can or can't afford an audio system, but what they want these days is streaming & bluetooth speakers, and these things are commonly sold at retailers. There are other non HiFi Brazilian brands that satisfy people in this regard. Also, Chi-Fi has entered the market offering good quality, low cost, free delivery material. Energy speakers from Canada were acquired by Klipsch, a subsidiary of VOXX International. The good old Danish Dynaudio was acquired by a Chinese company. The HiFi market in Brazil is a niche market. I imagine that in the rest of the world this scenario is not so different. Or in your country do most houses have canadian hi-fi passive speakers powered by hi-fi canadian amplifiers, canadian DAC’s..? I suspect not.