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Borrowing equipment from dealers

So pretty much invariably when someone asks “can someone help me decide between a or b” be it amps, speakers, cartridges, etc., someone posts the suggestion to find a good dealer that will lend you whatever to try free in your home. So I ask do these dealers exist? I’m sure they do, but how many are there really?  Also some stories of borrowing equipment that lead you to a new discovery.
limbonner
jperry
2,538 posts
 
In Phoenix, AZ there are two dealers I know that will allow you to borrow equipment for home audition.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
NO dealers like that in New York.
inna
8,240 posts
 
That's incredible. Not a single dealer to borrow equipment from in NYC.
vinylzone
288 posts
 
Over the years, there have been several dealers that I've borrowed equipment from.  Now, borrowing usually involved putting a hold on funds on a credit card, which is perfectly fine with me.  

Most recently, Audio Connection in Verona, NJ offered to lend me a preamp for evaluation over a weekend once the Maggie's I purchased there are fully broken in.  They are now and I'll probably take them up on it shortly.
geof3
1,130 posts
 
I developed a relationship with a local shop and can pretty much try anything I want... gotta at least try.
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