Handling Heavy Amps

A good hand truck and aluminum ramps go a long way. I have double doors in the basement so getting things down there, not too bad. My experience is (some will differ here), weight in the equipment=weight in the music. Had piano movers for my speakers. Where there’s a will...

@jfrmusic 

When my son was in college he used to scan on-line ads for help moving things.  Very surprising (to me) how many he answered and was paid well.  He would take buddies with him if it was furniture or larger items.

Put an ad in the local paper asking for help.  Put up a notice at the local sandwich shop where laborers frequent.

Regards,

barts

PS.  I have the same problem.

Talked to my dealer and if I buy a heavy amp they can deliver and place on my rack. 

Check out the Audio By Van Alstine DVM 225 monos at 17 lb each or the DVA M750 monos at 38 lbs each, if you need more power. They have received great reviews. The company also offers a 30-day return policy, so you have nothing to lose except return shipping. They are also priced very reasonably!

I’ve reached an age where I can see backward and forward in the hobby and begin to navigate to a lighter footprint. Precipitating factor: the wife announced she will no longer help me move my equipment. It’s like the bargaining phase of grief: learning to live without LF extension.

First to go is speakers >100 lbs. Too clumsy to transport or box and ship for re-sale, not to mention the diminished used market for large-format speakers. Where does all this big iron end up-- on the island of lost toys?

Amplifiers >100 lbs. survive in my system for now owing to their compact form factor relative to gigantic speakers-- provided that the amp has handles for symmetrical lifts. The sheer genius of Nelson Pass in this regard... and good reason to stay fit with free weights.

The improvements in the latest Class D products beckon. I’m exhausted by Class A: the weight of the huge output transformers, the heat, the sourcing of tubes from foreign countries I will never visit...

A large vinyl collection is an even bigger albatross. The lightness of being of high-quality digital servers and streamers is compelling. And the elimination of all physical media except for an ipad is an excellent excuse for spending more time on the couch. Ripping and dumping my large CD collection was so easy... I should have never gotten out of vinyl in the mid-80s. But now, saying goodbye to all that reacquired vinyl would be like losing a true friend twice,,.

Questions that bear heavily: How many more home relocations? When to downsize? At what point does the equipment churn end? Is it fair to burden the next generation with the accumulated weight of a system that means nothing to them?

The dream could end with an old fart in headphones...sitting next to his grandson in earbuds.