Full-Service HiFi Consignment
We handle pricing, testing, repairs, photography, marketing, sale, shipping, and post-sale support. You’re paid as soon as it sells, and it’s usually the most money.
Two minutes to start · quote in 1-2 business days · no obligation
150,000+
Transactions completed
10,000+
Satisfied consignors
64%
Of listed gear sells within 30 days
4.8
★★★★★Rated by customers on Google
Is Consignment for You?
Full-Service HiFi Consignment vs DIY Marketplaces
You do the job.
DIY Marketplaces
eBay, Audiogon, and Reverb give you a listing form and a buyer pool. Everything after that, including the work and the risk, is still yours.
We handle the sale.
TMR Full-Service Consignment
The Music Room manages the sale from appraisal to payout, including buyer communication, logistics, the transaction, and post-sale support.
The Full-Service HiFi Consignment Alternative
Here’s who you would have to become. Consignment is how you skip all six.
Priced from real completed sales - not guesses, not hope.
Bench-verified condition - that buyers trust and pay for.
Studio shots - and a listing built to sell the gear.
Listed to TMR’s audience - plus eBay’s millions when a piece needs more reach. Those fees are ours.
Offers, buyer questions, and post-sale support - handled.
Outbound is all ours - packed, insured, freighted. Inbound, we guide every step - follow it and the damage risk is ours too.
And the risk moves with the work
When it sells, you’re paid. If the buyer returns it, files a claim, or needs post-sale support, that’s our problem, not yours.
Once you’re paid, you’re paid.
That’s the difference between
listing your gear
and having it
professionally sold.
The HiFi Consignment Process
Letting someone else sell your gear has always meant losing sight of it. Not here. From first appraisal to final payout, every piece follows a clear path, with updates at every milestone and a HiFi Buyer available when you have questions. No black box. No wondering.
Free. You decide.
Guided label, freight plan, or drop-off.
Tested, photographed, presented.
Presented to qualified buyers under our certified pre-owned guarantee.
Buyer communication, payment, and delivery are ours.
As soon as it sells. Check, PayPal, or ACH.
Free HiFi Consignment Appraisal
Tell us what you have. A HiFi Buyer replies with the estimated consignment proceeds, commission, timing, logistics plan - everything you need to decide.
An appraisal commits you to nothing. You approve the plan before anything moves forward.
See what your gear could return through full-service consignment.
Start My Appraisal →The Choice
A marketplace gives you a place to list. Full-service HiFi consignment gives you a selling department - a team accountable for everything between appraisal and payout. And because we're paid from the final sale, our incentives stay aligned with yours.
Your Effort
Hand it off. We run everything from there.
Photos, pricing, questions, packing, claims - and your weekends, until it sells.
Logistics
Packing plan, labels, pickup and freight - managed. Zero shipping risk when you follow our guidance.
You source packaging, carrier and coverage - and damage claims are yours.
Estimated Proceeds
Our certified pre-owned guarantee supports stronger pricing - and financing and trade-ins widen the buyer pool.
Buyer doubt caps your price.
Reaching Buyers
Listed on our site and the major marketplaces - a million-plus shoppers a month across all of it. We cover any extra fees.
One audience at a time, with extra fees to reach more.
Time to Payment
64% sell within 30 days - and you're paid when it sells.
Unpredictable, from weeks to months.
Paperwork & Payment
Check, PayPal, or ACH - and no automatic 1099 from us.
Marketplace payouts can automatically trigger a 1099-K.
Risk After the Sale
Returns, claims and support are ours. Once you're paid, you're paid.
Fraud, chargebacks and damage disputes are yours.
TMR Consignment
Hand it off. We run everything from there.
DIY Marketplace
Photos, pricing, questions, packing, claims - and your weekends, until it sells.
TMR Consignment
Packing plan, labels, pickup and freight - managed. Zero shipping risk when you follow our guidance.
DIY Marketplace
You source packaging, carrier and coverage - and damage claims are yours.
TMR Consignment
Our certified pre-owned guarantee supports stronger pricing - and financing and trade-ins widen the buyer pool.
DIY Marketplace
Buyer doubt caps your price.
TMR Consignment
Listed on our site and the major marketplaces - a million-plus shoppers a month across all of it. We cover any extra fees.
DIY Marketplace
One audience at a time, with extra fees to reach more.
TMR Consignment
64% sell within 30 days - and you're paid when it sells.
DIY Marketplace
Unpredictable, from weeks to months.
TMR Consignment
Check, PayPal, or ACH - and no automatic 1099 from us.
DIY Marketplace
Marketplace payouts can automatically trigger a 1099-K.
TMR Consignment
Returns, claims and support are ours. Once you're paid, you're paid.
DIY Marketplace
Fraud, chargebacks and damage disputes are yours.
One selling team. From appraisal through payout and post-sale support.
Start My Appraisal →From Our HiFi Consignors
A $74,000 Collection · Consigned
“Michael has been incredibly patient and helpful throughout this process, and I appreciate everyone’s transparency and professionalism. This is very daunting considering the number of items that we hope to consign with you, and I would have been lost without your help. I am very impressed with your organization - I will have you guys come and pick all of this up.”
His First Consignment
“Karl explained everything very well and gave me a preliminary offer that was actually a bit more than what I thought I could expect. I’ve already sent my item in for consignment, and I’m contemplating having TMR handle the sale of even more items for me… TMR’s entire process inspires confidence.”
The Price, In Full
Commission
One flat rate on the final sale price
Shipping & logistics support, both directions
Included*
Testing, photography, marketing, returns, post-sale support
Included
Larger or higher-value collections
Qualify for a lower rate
Your exact rate
In writing on your appraisal, before you decide
That one commission covers everything on this list. And the question that matters isn't what consignment costs - it's how much you keep. TMR-certified gear usually sells for more than the same piece sold privately, so the commission comes out of a bigger number.
Selling it yourself means marketplace fees, risk, and time. We handle the full process for you, from appraisal through payment.
The exact rate →*That one commission covers everything on this list. And the question that matters isn't what consignment costs - it's how much you keep. TMR-certified gear usually sells for more than the same piece sold privately, so the commission comes out of a bigger number.
Start Your AppraisalNo pressure. No obligation.
Built to Complete the Sale
Here's how fast gear sells at TMR - your listing included:
Sell-through at TMR
On a marketplace, your amp is a stranger’s gamble: untested, as-is, no recourse. Through TMR it arrives certified: bench-tested, studio-shot, warrantied for 90 days, with financing and trade-ins on the table. A certified piece with a warranty is simply worth more than an as-is gamble, and it sells for what it’s worth. With consignment, that difference is yours.
Every appraisal is priced against 150,000+ completed transactions.
Professional testing
Greater buyer confidence
Accurate representation
Broader qualified demand
Certified pre-owned guarantee
A more compelling offer
Financing and trade-ins
Less pressure to discount
Extra exposure when it helps
eBay’s reach, fees on us
Support and recourse
A stronger true-net outcome
From a Repeat Consignor
“Congrats on all the sales of the gear I’ve sent in too! I’m impressed how fast you move inventory.”
Service Starts in Your Listening Room
A boxed DAC. A 180-pound pair of speakers. An amplifier with no original carton. Our three-person logistics team has packed, crated, and shipped it.
They review your packaging photos and walk you through prep, step by step, and when you follow TMR’s approved guidance, TMR owns the damage risk.
HiFi Shipping Specialists
Hands-on help for packaging, freight prep, and safe arrival.
Combined Years Shipping HiFi
Experience with fragile, heavy, and high-value components.
Owns the Damage Risk
When you follow our approved guidance, the shipping risk moves to us.
Real People. One Accountable Partner.
We’re The Music Room: Colorado-based, buying and selling HiFi since 2010, with 150,000+ transactions behind us. Experienced HiFi people guide the process and remain accountable for the outcome.
Risk-free means paid when it sells - and every risk after that moment is ours.
Market-aware pricing shaped by proprietary transaction history and category expertise.
A plan tailored to your equipment and location - and shipping problems are ours when you follow our guidance.
People who represent the gear, answer buyers, and negotiate - no chasing payments, no strangers.
It sells, you get paid. Returns, warranty claims and buyer issues after that belong to TMR.
FAQs
Nothing up front. When your gear sells, we earn one flat 35% commission. Larger and higher-value collections qualify for a lower rate - if you're moving a serious system, ask.
That number is all-inclusive. It covers shipping your gear to us (on us for most items), professional testing, photography, and marketing, packaging and double-boxing for the outbound trip, payment processing, and a real person at TMR who knows your listing.
Once it sells, we pay you - and every risk after that is ours. Your exact rate is in writing on your appraisal, before you commit.
The paperwork is the same - the difference is everything wrapped around it: pricing from real completed sales, bench certification, studio photography, marketing reach, logistics, payment, and the returns, tech support, and post-sale issues that would otherwise be yours. All of it handled.
We recommend a price from real completed sales across 150,000 + transactions, and we agree on it with you before your gear is listed. If the market moves, well talk before anything changes.
The average time from when a used product is listed for sale to the time payment is issued currently averages 47 days. About 30% of our used products sell within the first 14 days. Of course, some products will take longer but it's rare for anything to sit on our warehouse shelves for more than a few months.
It sells. Priced right, Hifi gear always finds its buyer - and finding that price is part of the service. We start just above what real completed sales say your gear is worth, then trim the price about 1% a week until the market answers. Small, steady moves find the sweet spot before time on the market can work against your value - across everything we list, average time to sale is about 45 days. And your equipment stays yours the whole way: if you'd rather not wait, we'll talk about a price adjustment, an outright offer, or sending it home - you'd just cover the shipping we've already run.
We have an expert team of appraisers and purchasers who leverage 13+ years of our own sales data with over 100,000+ transactions. But we don’t stop there! Our appraisers also conduct thorough market research on other sales platforms and databases. When you get a quote from The Music Room, you can rest assured that we have landed on a fair market value.
Yes! We are proud to work with many of the most well-known manufacturers and distributors in the industry as well as brick and mortar HiFi stores across the country. We're huge proponents of supporting local HiFi shops, and a turn-key trade-in or consignment outlet is just one way that we do this. If you are a business that spends time liquidating used equipment. Click here to learn more about our business solutions.
When the item sells - not when the buyer's return window closes. Check, PayPal, or ACH, your choice.
That's our problem, not yours - and that's the point. Once you're paid, the sale is final for you. Returns, defects, warranty claims, a buyer who changes his mind: from the moment your money is in hand, all of it is TMR's responsibility. Nothing comes back to you.
Follow our approved packing and shipping guidance and TMR owns the damage risk.
That's why we review your packing photos before pickup.
High-performance two-channel stereo equipment in working condition - generally with substantial resale value.
Below the line, a trade or direct offer usually serves you better. If you're not sure, ask - well give you a straight answer, usually the same or next day.
Then you're one page over from where you need to be: our Sell Your Gear page covers direct offers and trades. Or start your appraisal here and tell your HiFi Buyer that a firm number today matters more to you than the upside - we'll take care of you either way.
Every listing debuts on tmraudio.com, in front of TMR's audience of qualified buyers - and it doesn't stop there. Listings surface on HifiShark and Google Shopping, and many get an extra push through our emails, our social channels on all the major platforms, and YouTube Shorts. If a piece wants more reach - typically after the first couple of weeks - we'll usually run it on eBay too, and the right pieces on Audiogon, at our expense: TMR absorbs those marketplace fees, and your proceeds don't change based on where the buyer found it.
A Form 1099-K isn't about who you sell with - it's about how you're paid. Secured payment forms, like marketplace payouts and goods-and-services platforms, trigger one automatically. Unsecured forms like a check or ACH don't. The catch is that taking an unsecured payment from a stranger is a leap of faith - taking one from an established company isn't. Sell with TMR, choose check or ACH, and there's no automatic 1099. How you report the sale is between you and your tax professional - this is general information, not tax advice.
Ready When You Are
Send us the list. We'll come back fast, usually the same or next business day, with an appraisal and a plan.
*Oversized or custom freight is quoted before you commit, never after.
