I've definitely done some trades over the years the one I remember best was trading my Alon Lotus SE speakers for a pair of JMlab Micro-Utopias after moving to a smaller apartment. I ran those speakers for 10 years it was an excellent trade.
Trading ??? For equipment.
We all want money for our equipment and or time, but what if trades were introduced, giving another option and opportunity for a win, win.
I’m a retired firefighter but active artist with decades of craftsmanship under my belt. I build live-edge stereo entertainment centers and anything you can think of, but I donate it all to family or sell to a small circle of friends because like our hobby, normal people want to pay fifty dollars for Krell monoblocks. What I build, no one can afford in the small circle of my contacts, so I keep it of give to my family. A table that I build should sell for $10,000, but like my Krell monoblocks, people think it’s only worth fifty dollars… which is like pigs and pearls.
Anyhow, just a thought.