I've been selling heavier gear for lighter gear
I've been thinking about this again. Yesterday I wrapped my freshly sold 55lb ss amp in a buncha bubble wrap, double boxed w/styro sides, then took to mail store (rolled in on a dolly). Later in the day I returned to pick up my 2nd Carver Black Magic tube amp, which weighs all of about 20lbs. If I hadn't bought them was gonna buy van Alstine monos, which are also small & light.
Earlier this year sold 110lb speakers and bought kef blade 2 (80 lbs & easy to maneuver).
I've been moving the platform stands around a bit for mono placements, and having lightweight amps is soooo relaxing. How about here, how bout there, np.
Anyhoots, who else factors in the tonnage of the gear they buy? Any other 'lightweight' fans like me?
I’m 70 now. My experience has been there is a pretty direct correlation between weight and sound quality, the heavier the better they sound… one that has not recently reversed. So, I have been enjoying the best system I have ever had, and the heaviest. The only changes I have made is I don’t lift them. I use my brain instead of my back on how to avoid it. My dealer moves them… there are other options. In my old age, the last thing I want to do is compromise the sound quality of my system. |
Looks like you must over 65 to post on this thread, so I make the cut. I seem to be going in the opposite direction from the OP. Every piece of equipment I have purchased in the past several years has been increasing in weight. I’ve never made a purchase decision predicated on the tonnage, but it would appear the better-quality stuff just weighs more. Now I don’t own them, but compare the Focal Sopra 2 @ 125 lbs, to the Grande Utopia EM @ 584 lbs. Now that does beg the question, what the heck is inside a speaker that weighs 584 pounds? |
+ 1, @photon46 Yes, weight matters to me, for the same reason. Getting a heavy amp boxed and to the shipper, then eventually back home, is a pia. Unfortunately, great amps are not lightweight. At least, not yet. |
