"Can You Lift Yours?"

Had Don Sachs Kootenay. Drove a couple hours to pick it up. When I went to lift it to carry to the car was a little shocked. Money had passed hands. If I drop it it’s not going to be a good day. Had a fairly long walk through a big house down a walk way then down the drive way. Not a huge amp but very dense. Didn’t want to hear or see that little wood in closure hitting the concrete, part everywhere. If it did I quest I would have ask to borrow a broom and dust pan to clean my mess up and take my parts home in a garbage bag. My mom always told me to clean up after myself at strangers homes.

I would imagine most of us who have been into high end audio for decades own a hand truck, “sliders”, and a fulcrum to tip heavy weights so you can put the sliders under them. Also, we have brains.

I remember a few years ago I bought a large screen TVs. My partner is disabled. So, I alternatively placed books under it to bring it up to the height to tip it up into position.

The older I get, the more thought I must put into doing things safely. Or just pay someone to do it for me. I believe that is why I have been saving for retirement for the last 40 years.

My McInthosh MC462 weighs 148lbs, me, my wife and my son moved if into its current home in a rack 😆

It took every last bid of strength I had to put my Pass amp in the box before calling UPS.  Now the first thing I look at when buying any new component is how much it weighs.

Something is inversely/perversely going on.

double the wattage = only a bit louder

double wattage again = only a bit louder

sooo, why not: double the wattage, only a bit heavier?