Who has made a move and did you let movers take Hi-Fi

Sounds like you’ve already made up your mind. How far a distance are you moving?
I moved a fair sized household, multiple hi-fi, sizable record collection, art, books, etc. from NY to Texas last year. We did use a professional mover- but for the records I packed them myself along with all the gear (had a little help from a few professionals on that front, including breaking down two full sized racks of gear that were not part of the main hi-fi). Had to have some crates built for my horns and a few other fragile, hi-value artifacts, all done very well by a specialty outfit that contracts with the mover. (My experience was that the quality of the specialty craters varied, depending on location). In almost all other respects for the gear, I had the original packing, even going back to a mid-’70s ARC amp that I’ve owned since new and kept mainly for sentimental value.
All the hi-fi and records made it here fine. I did have some issues with the mover-- even the high priced "white glove" movers are, well, less than what you’d want. Gotta say, we had a mover in the New York metro area some years ago that was involved in a few local moves that was fabulous.

I moved my gear myself. The year before we were having our new house built and we were selling our existing house. I was pretty sure the new house wouldn't be ready in time so made arrangements with a friend to store my system at his house. I wasn't comfortable with the movers handling the gear and even less so with the prospect of putting it into a storage unit for a couple of months.

Moved 3000 miles. Linn LP12 was upside down and leaking bearing oil. 97 pound TVA1 amp was perfect until I dropped it taking it out of the crate.