notice how none of those reviews mentions the noise cancellation that only emphasizes continuous noise, while allowing all other sound through? I am very aware of inner fidelity
in other words, boomers bought a lot of guitars, and are dying now, and there aren't as many GenXers buying expensive guitars to pretend they're in the stones. There's still a market for good guitars, but brand means less, and the over all market is somewhat smaller.
Richard Wright dying made any hope of recreating old pink floyd possible, so Waters or Gilmore solo efforts are pretty much the only option for new Floyd these days. And since they haven't REALLY been floyd since Barrett got committed anyway...