Hey RICH Audiophiles

Very interesting thread. It touches a lot of subjects I am also fighting with.
I think the number one question to answer is "how do I move my system forward in the direction I want without wasting my money"

If the audiophiles could be better to make hifi-clubs to meet and discuss hifi and also help each other borrowing gear and measuring their rooms. Then a lot of the problems could be solved.

Sitting at home reading reviews is like looking in a cookbook when you are eating oatmeal (:

I have just committed the sin myself ordering a pair of Tekton Double Impact that I have no way to return because I live in Denmark. A very risky move. But agin speakers are not easy to loan because the are big and heavy.

That was a side step. I just want to say we need more physical support groups.

Regarding the original thread, It could possibly be done, being set up as a lease program/programs in large hub areas  sa. Denver, SLC, Seattle, Las Vegas, Phoenix and any number of the large East and West Coast hubs. Since there is a major hub within two or three hundred miles of anywhere, self pick up shouldn't be impossible for most.
There would be some limitations for both leaser and lessee. It may not be the avenue to every piece of dream equipment, without substantial cost, for the leaser nor would it be a great money maker for the lessee, but could have some mutual benefits for both.
If I win the lotto, might just give it a try......Jim

I don't recall ever going to a concert hall where I could change the programming by pushing a button on a remote control, and, it would be much more than 10 years of tickets before something like Harry Partch's Delusions of the Fury will be at a hall near me.  There are plenty of good reasons for $20k+ speakers in a nice system and the experience does not have to compete with attending a concert--it is something different.

I have almost never run into a person who did not listen to live acoustic music
that had good taste in music .Must others who go to other types of concerts do so a social not musical event .