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Again the topic of weight of amps

I see this has been covered but not recently.
I have had a few amps in the 100+ pound range.
I liked them enormously but I am in a small space and am tired of dealing with these behemoths when I need to move them around and the real estate they take up. They were all wonderful in their way and I would like to have kept them but for their immobility. But can one find true love after such heavy weights with a feather weight 55 pounder?
Have technological advances in 2019 made such a thing possible? I had a pass 350.8 which I loved but you can't keep a Stonehenge rock in an apartment living room.

roxy1927

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fleschler
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I can barely move my 95 lb. Bryston BIT-20 isolation transformer.  I have to rock into place my Legacy Focus speakers at 185 lbs. when I moved.  I can't imagine owning a 175 lb amp although my floor is 12" 3000 psi reinforced slab which could handle it.  I can't handle it.
fleschler
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I bought an EAR 890 amp in 2006 and used it with an EAR 864 for a two years.  It sounded forward and bright on my Legacy Focus speakers.  With a custom high end pre-amp the 890 was rather thin sounding.  I replaced the pre-amp as well.  I moved the 890 to my Legacy Signature IIIs.  This was a great match.  The probable reason-the Class A 890 doesn't control 6 - 12" woofers very well but has no problem with a 1 ohm higher bass rated speaker with 6 - 10" woofers.  Matching the amp to the speakers is critical for most tube amps.  

My future may include an RM-200 MK11 or a VAC 200IQ.  Depends on my future speaker (Vimberg Tonda, Von Schwiekert VR-55, Lumenwhite Kyara).

fleschler
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@larrykell  I said that I couldn't physically handle a 185 lb. amp.  My current listening room floor can handle a 7.5+ earthquake let alone a few hundred pounds of equipment.

My 1993 constructed prior home had a similar custom 6" slab with 2' exterior footings, 1' interior footings, 8" plate with 6" staggered studs every 8"- no damage from the 1994 6.9 Northridge earthquake. 
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