Would you pay to listen?

If an audio dealer wanted to check my credit before letting me listen to THINGS THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ME TO BUY, they would never again see me or my hard earned money. Is there some weird cult of salespeople worship going on here? At a fave museum of mine you can stand right in front of a Van Gogh with a swiss army knife in your pocket, and that sucker is worth more than any hifi gear (the painting, not my little knife). I don't think any damage can be done to audio gear by listening to it. Test driving a car has obvious risks. I played a friend's $200,000 guitar once (59 Les Paul Standard)...I could have dropped it I suppose, but hey, life is risks! Also, when I listen to some amazing music on my system late at night I think, "man...this sounds like a million bucks".

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I'd pay money to hear this system.

Siriusly, the room's the thing!
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..by the way. I test drove a Ferrari, and they didn't charge me...why would I pay to hear a stereo system. Don't you EVER use the word Mazda and Ferrari in the same month. You just don't know.

Is the question here asking if you would pay to audition a high end stereo system or pay a nominal fee to be able to use a high end stereo system?

If there was a really high end system that I could rent out for $20 per hour and I could spin my own LPs and sit back and listen I would do it. Especially if they had a way to prevent my wife from coming in and interrupting every 3 minutes to ask a question. Hell I already pay a lot more than that to rent out a cart and the real estate to hit a white ball every week.

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I'd pay money to hear the system in the link below.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1115953260
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