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

TMR has a great thing going; professionally tested, well-photographed, researched, guaranteed trial and good shipping policies. They have a partner (somehow) with PS Audio's trade in program. It's a huge success and had lead to many happy customers and a lot of in-home trials.

My question is: Could someone else pull this off? Are we destined to have just one TMR in the country?

I think about a company, say, like Parasound. Lots of sales, very professional business, worldwide sales. What if they started a trade in business like PS Audio and had a companion business like TMR.

Could our country use a second TMR? Wouldn't that be awesome?

Or maybe TMR could expand and have a second location -- say, in California, near lots of shipping ports.

Just thinking aloud here.
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dvddesigner
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To each is own own...

"I don’t think there should be another TMR - one is too many."

I feel a good portion of the audience for the gear sold by the likes of TMR, Sky Fi, and others is very specific and purchasing from real business with real business polices can be comforting. This is especially true as some of the gear does get expensive. Even Audiogon could be considered a middle man as they are directly in-between a seller and a purchaser and will take a percentage of the sale. This is not a bad thing in either case.

The benefit is the store fronts they offer. For example, Sky Fi has a piece of gear I have lusted after for years - a Cello Audio Palette. Very expensive at just shy of 20k and very rare and hard to repair. I would rather work with a business on a purchase like this than just someone who says they have it and will send it out Tuesday and then "poof" they funds and the seller disappear.

Yes - I think there is a very solid place for these business and they seem to offer a wide variety of gear benefiting us all.
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