Should manufacturers lease speakers?

High end audio is a purely discretionary, luxury oriented market. If you have to lease or otherwise finance your purchases, then you might want to consider that you cannot actually afford what you lust after. Also, why should the manufacturer gamble on what the depreciated value of their product will be a year or two after purchase?

Sure its called RENT A CENTER hehehehe

Some speaker dealers offer trade-in allowances towards more expensive speakers. The amount of the allowance decays over time (with the re-sale value). If you do the math and there is a liquid market for your model, it should be very worthwhile to deal with the hassle rather then finance through a lease type arrangement. Of course, you could just sell your speaker at the right price and have the purchaser bear the hassle of picking up themselves.