Hey RICH Audiophiles


 Why don't one of you incredibly wealthy audiophiles whose systems I drool over every day start an Audiophile Rental business?
 Imagine how easy to simply rent a set of speakers or amp for a nominal fee so us POOR enthusiasts could demo it in our own home/system without restocking fees or massive depreciation when reselling..No more sitting in traffic,wasting gas & polluting the environment running from dealer to dealer only to be greeting by horrible listening conditions that give you ABSOLUTELY no idea how a piece of gear will actually sound in your own listening room...
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Too big of risk of damage to the speakers IMO. A couple scuffs on some 20-30k speakers is a big deal. 
this past 2 months diet of live concerts, not social events...

AJ Croce
Alison Brown
Richard Thompspn
Blackberry Smoke tommorow..
more coming..soon
....and a steady diet of small event acoustic stuff, etc.
I often adjust the sound to my tastes at concerts because I'm running the sound...a benefit of that job, and I'm often set up near a back door so If things get weird I can run away.
You are so correct Elizabeth.  Dead artist seem to be busy reissuing records at the expense of their live performance appearances.  

As for mofojo's concern with cosmetic damage to $20-30k speakers, the solution is simple--pay four or five times that amount and you get something so ugly that cosmetic damage is irrelevant.