Could The Music Room biz model be duplicated? A second TMR?

@theo Don’t get me wrong -- I love TMR and will continue, happily, to do business with them.

I’m just thinking about this because we have a country with 330 million people and brick and mortar stores in audio are continuing to go under. There are other manufacturers besides ps audio that could benefit from a partner arrangement with a second TMR, too.

So, nothing against TMR and I wish them continued success. I’m just imagining that the country could be big enough either for another TMR or even another store like it.

But you and others raise a good point about whether the country could support two TMR. I suppose if we agreed that it couldn’t, then the industry is really in decline.

I like Echo Audio and the others, but the variety of TMR is exceptional. I'm just imagining that something like TMR was located in CA. The number of companies local to them would be enormous, and if a couple were large -- say, Schiit and Parasound -- there could be a synergy that works. Access to shipping and transportation, plus the scale of the CA economy...could be a winner.

Maybe TMR should open a second site on the east coast. They could increase their used inventory by being in a couple locations and save on shipping costs for those buying and selling. By the way they no longer carry PS Audio since PS decided to move everything in house and deal directly with their customers. 

Wow that's great!

@theo East coast would be great. I didn't think they sold new P.S. Audio directly, but rather that the used gear that P.S. Audio gets from their generous trade in program is somehow channelled to TMR for resale. I read that, I believe, somewhere. There's a network of relationships between the two enterprises, including a supply of incoming gear.

I'd prefer to have audiophiles sell gear amongst themselves rather than have a middleman.  The items sold by TMR could be a lot cheaper less fees/commission.  In essence, they are selling used gear for a commission. I haven't bought a single product from TMR as I haven't seen a value to date.  I don't think there should be another TMR - one is too many.