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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Great idea!  I’ll send you my Tannoy Kingdom Royal speakers which weigh 250 lbs each!  And my 4 VAC amps and my VAC preamp and my Clearaudio turntable, and my atomic clock and my cement stands.  Should I also send yo my vinyl and CD collection?!

What’s your address?!

My 1st 911, a sub 20,000 mile preowned 1984 Carrera Targa. It had been owned by the chief engine builder/engineer for the Chaparral Can Am and then Indy Car race team. I was told he took the entire drivetrain apart when he took delivery new and went over every part in order to "improve". Improve he did! It was so smooth and easy all the way to redline, which was about 500rpm higher after his touch. It wailed like a Ferrari. When I moved to another town and took it to the Porsche dealer there for some routine service, the entire service team and some of the management were waiting. It was only then that I came to understand how special that car was. The Fuchs wheels has a personalize engraving the the original owner inside each rim.  It was explained to me that that particular 911 was built special and to the tightest tolerances they had ever seen.  It was a street Porsche built by their racing team.  I'll never forget that car...sold it to fund grad school...I dont recall if I met the buyer or not but it sold to the first caller full pop, then onto a trailer.
The problem are the folks who damage, steal, and otherwise cause havoc. Usually loaning anything out is fraught with problems. One exception is "The Cable Company", which seems to have figured out how to loan out cables without suffering for it.                             
If some billionaire crazy wanted to do it. Best bet.. BUY "The Cable Company" plus some other audio store already doing well, (to acquire loan items wholesale, and just expand the range of items available for loan, gradually. The Cable Company already has the working mechanism in place... For billionaire, why work to start from scratch when you can just buy it ready going.                                
I also think one would need to work up to borrowing big money bits of kit. I had already spent a medium fortune before my dealer out of the blue offered to let me try something at home no strings except bring it back in five days.
 
Buy used gear and or DIY what you can and you will have a rich guy system most likely with better sound. Rich guys pay someone to select gear and setup systems the ones I hear I can tell the sellers made good $ off these types and stuck them with just OK sound. After all it goes not were it sounds best but looks best.
Stay in your lane is a wise advice. Otherwise, going to audio show to give yourself a treat from time to time.  This is really a dangerous hobby :-)