Handling Heavy Amps

I just purchased a pair of 83 pound mono blocks. I tried putting them on top of my cabinet and about hurt myself, so now they are sitting on pieces of granite and there are furniture movers underneath. I can move them when needed without to much trouble and without giving myself a hernia.

I got out of vinyl in the late 90s. Then started ripping CDs to my MacBook a feed year later. I have half a terabyte of music on my MacBook at the moment. Now I’m getting a really nice streamer that will also support me adding up to 16 terabytes of SSD disk. I’ll start with One. Then move my library there. I feel so light not having all those physical CDs. Now I’m into streaming so will not be buying many CDs anymore. But I don’t want a lot of heavy audio equipment. My Harbeth C7s weigh 29 lbs. When it arrives my Aurender Streamer is 29lbs  I think of it as the turntable system in my all digital system. My MSB DAC 19lbs and my current amp the AHB2 is 12 lbs. All manageable. If I replace the amp I’ll go no more than 40lbs. From what I’ve heard and researched very high end amp sound doesn’t necessarily equate with large heavy behemoths. 
 

Beautiful High Efficiency OB Speakers very very easy to manage as an alternative type Speaker.

Mr Nixie - STC - ll Power Amp, unbelievable Amp for the volume, do not be fooled by its size, there are much more valuable and highly rated Amp's that this one has Superseded in others systems. It has also been used as a Active Amp in Speaker designs.

CDP, Streamers and DAC's are to be found almost Hand Size and weighing in under 1Kg.

A TT can be found as very lightweight structure using the modern materials selected to control transfer of energy.

I myself have reduced from 9 Stone (58Kg) Plinth on a TT, to a Plinth produced from a more commonly seen material for such purposes that weighs less than 1 Stone (6Kg)

A Support Structure can be a Light Weight Wall Mounted Shelve produced for the purpose to support Audio Equipment.

These are the types of things needing to be considered if wanting Music in the home to a certain level of replay as the years and best of health are behind us, I am slowly making change and acclimatising to the notion, my wonderful long term owned commission built devices will be somebody else's pleasure, 'maybe' ?

Ancient Astronaut Theorists say that the megaton stones of the great Pyramids, Easter Island and Stonehenge were floated and put place with sound waves.

Might be worth checking in to? Probably should put your neighbors on notice before implementing this plan. Someone’s floating Sub-Zero frig could be quite disturbing.

I feel your pain. I just put my system on new racks! And some of my gear is about 75lbs plus . I’m 60 now and can still do it but another 10 years or so I’ll be SOL. Maybe try and stay on the lighter side of things if you can. That’s what I think I will have to do as time goes on Michael.