Three ways to sell · One free appraisal
One free appraisal, prepared by a real HiFi buyer, shows every option for your gear: a fast cash offer, its value toward an upgrade, and on qualifying pieces what it could bring with us selling it for you.
You choose after you see the numbers.
Start with brand, model, and condition. Photos help but aren’t required.
150,000+
Transactions
200+ years
Combined HiFi experience
1–2 days
To your free appraisal
4.8 ★
Google reviews
The Music Room (TMR Audio) has spent 15+ years buying and selling the world’s finest HiFi. 150,000+ transactions and counting.
Two channels. High performance. Real HiFi. That’s our sweet spot.
Gear we buy
Floorstanders, bookshelf pairs, active speakers, select subwoofers, from the big names to the boutique builders.
Not sure which side yours lands on? Ask us. Straight answer, usually same day.
…and 200+ more brands.
Vintage gear
Only when it’s exceptional, but it never hurts to ask.
Not our lane
Musical instruments & pianos, DJ/PA & studio gear, home-theater packages & soundbars, mass-market electronics. We’d rather tell you now than after you’ve filled out a form.
Settling an estate, or downsizing a collection? You have enough on your plate, so we make the gear part easy. One conversation, one point of contact, and we handle the rest at your pace.
Connect with a HiFi Buyer →One appraisal. Every option.
Real HiFi people appraise every item against actual completed sales, then show you every number: cash today, trade credit, and what it could bring with TMR selling it for you. You decide with the numbers in hand.
Illustrative figures. Every appraisal is individually prepared. Full service is offered on qualifying equipment.
Three ways to sell
Every path starts with the same free appraisal, and it shows every option your gear qualifies for. Selling several pieces? Your appraisal recommends the right path for each.
Get paid fast
"I want the money now."
We buy it from you
One firm number, and it's done.
"I want the most for it, without doing the work."
We sell it for you
We run the entire sale, and take on the time, the risk and the hassle. One flat commission, shipping included.
Best for upgrading
"I want something different."
Credit toward your next piece
Turn today's gear into tomorrow's system.
Every piece we take in crosses this bench.
A straightforward path
A few minutes, as many items as you like.
Real HiFi people price every item with your options and our pick. Usually a day, two at most.
Cash offer, full service, or trade. For collections, we recommend the right path for each piece. No pressure, no obligation.
Shipping’s handled. Cash offer: paid within 5 days of arrival. Full service: the moment it sells.
One submission covers every path your gear qualifies for.
Service starts in your listening room
From a boxed DAC to 180-pound speakers. Virtually no HiFi product should require you to solve logistics alone.
Standard ground
Prepaid label, packaging review and a scheduled doorstep pickup.
No original boxes
We can often build and ship you a custom solution with instructions.
Local & freight
TMR van with liftgate, or pallet and straps delivered with video guidance.
Custom solutions
Odd sizes, no elevator, a staircase and a 200-pound amp. We’ve resourced a way through all of it, specialists included. Whatever the piece needs, we’ll find the workable path together.
Local pickup & logistics
When you sell with us, we coordinate everything - from prepaid labels to freight and local pickup. Follow our guidance, and we assume the damage risk.
*Oversized and white-glove freight is quoted per job, in writing, before you commit to anything.
From sellers like you
On the cash offer
“The service was basically white-glove. They pick up the phone when you call. I had my gear appraised within two days… they sent shipping labels, paid ALL shipping and insured my gear. Within 2 days of receiving it, I had $5K+ sitting in my account.”
Michael J. · sold $5,000+ of gear direct
On consigning a collection
“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.”
Marsha S. · consigned a $74,000 collection
When something went wrong
“Really great that you offer me alternative solutions, and good ones… I appreciate your first class customer service!”
Richard A. · a shipping snag, handled
Let us help find the next home for yours.
Before you ask
High-performance two-channel stereo equipment in working condition. If you're unsure whether something qualifies, send it over and we'll tell you straight away rather than leave you guessing.
No. It's free, and it doesn't commit you to a selling method, or to selling at all. You'll see your options and our recommendation, and the decision stays yours.
Usually same or next day, two business days at the most.
One submission covers everything. For larger collections, skip the form and connect with a HiFi Buyer and we’ll take it from a conversation. We build the itemized appraisal for you. Each item is appraised individually, and your appraisal recommends the best path for each: often the cash offer on some pieces and full service on the rest. Approve the plan, or tell us what you’d change.
An outright offer has to be right on day one. If the market proves us wrong, that's our loss, so it carries a cushion. Full service doesn't need one: we're paid a percentage of the final sale, so we only do well when you do. That's why it usually pays you more.
Real HiFi people price every item against our own completed sales, 150,000+ transactions and counting, then check the wider market: what gear is actually selling for, not what it's listed at. The number you get is a defensible one, not a lowball opener.
We professionally sell your gear for you: testing, photography, marketing, shipping, returns, and post-sale support. It usually pays the most, and you're paid the moment it sells: check, PayPal, or ACH. Offered on qualifying equipment, generally pieces with substantial resale value.
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 or a whole collection, 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.
Every piece starts on tmraudio.com, in front of more than a million visitors a month. From there we use the right tools for the piece: eBay, HiFi Shark, Google Shopping, and a sales team that knows who's hunting for what. Not every item needs every channel. Part of the job is knowing which ones yours does.
Over 20% of listed gear sells in the first 24 hours. 42% sells inside two weeks, 64% inside 30 days, and the average time from listing to payment is under 45 days. Some rare or specialized pieces take longer, and we'll tell you that up front rather than let you wonder. Even then, it's rare for anything to sit more than a few months.
Don't wait. Appraisals take a day or two, and we don't generally hold products without payment, so if the piece you want is in stock, buy it now. Your trade credit can be reimbursed after your gear arrives, and you won't risk watching your next piece sell to someone else.
Two paths. If your next piece is in our inventory, ask about trade credit - it’s often the strongest number on your appraisal. And if you’re upgrading through a local HiFi dealer instead, our HiFi Starts Local program adds a 5% bonus to your payout when you sell to us and buy from a participating dealer within 30 days. Local showrooms are where audiophiles are born - we’d rather fund that than compete with it.
Yes. We work with many of the best-known manufacturers and distributors in the industry, and with brick-and-mortar HiFi dealers across the country. Write to purchasing@tmraudio.com and you'll start with the right person. More on business solutions →
Free · No obligation · Fast answers
Tell us what you have. We'll come back with your options, and tell you which one we'd pick.
Two minutes · quote in 1–2 business days.
“Ask them for an estimate, can’t hurt, and makes for an easy transaction!”
Philip S. · sold his gear direct
