Renting out your audio room


Over the years Ive collected a quite a few pair of speakers, amps, not big on cables, a preamp or two and also some cd players.

Has anyone thought or tried to rent out some building space and set up about 3 or 4 listening rooms or even some ht stuff? for a person to come listen to music, watch a dvd or even sat radio? use some really nice equipment without having to pay $$$ for a hi end setup or for musical enjoyment. I know I would spend money doing something like this.

If you could properly manage and promote this personally you could keep and try limitless setups in your house for evaluation.

but space, rent, insurance, staffing, and remodel and interiorand equipment cost .

but what could you get away with renting for an hour. could do on contract basis and get guaranteed income?

Just something thats been rolling around in the head? (could be small rocks too )

Kelton
kelton
Kelton this would make you the World's First HI-FI Pimp. I love your hourly rates suggestion! Nothing like a quicky listening session, much less fatiguing. Would you really wan't strangers fondling your equipment? Oops, I meant your Gear, not your Equipment. You know this could snowball..... Next you'll want to rent out your girlfriend/wife to poor slobs that can't get a date?

Financially it would never, ever fly.
But for someone looking for a way to launder money, it could be a fun front. Know any Columbians???
Or for someone wealthy, wanting to look like they actually run a business, it would work, and be fun besides.
(I have my suspicions about two fellows running a medium sized used audio business... no way can they live off what they pull in... I think they are rich, and just want to look like they work for a living.)
Yes I did, quite a while ago. I envisioned the highest of the high-end for hire. I don't think it would be economically viable though for all sorts of reasons, chief among them being that it would require a change in people's attitude. Most people don’t think that reproduced music is worth the detour. What I find strange though is that no B & B or resort operator seems to offer a real high-end sound room as a way of attracting business. I would rather sit down and listen to great recordings than to huff and puff on a treadmill...
I'd like to know why no one offers a mail-order high-end audio for rent business, comparable to the Cable Company's treatment of audio cables. It would be great to pay a deposit 5% of the cost of a component towards an eventual purchase in order to try out a number, say, of preamps. Perhaps the economics rule this out (as well as exclusive dealer networks, trust, wear and tear) but it would surely eliminate a great deal of guesswork from the consumer end, particularly if one's not lucky enough to live near a major city with a wide variety of audio stores.