"Can You Lift Yours?"


Harmon Kardon Citation II Stereo Amp, 1959, 60 wpc; 120 lbs

(for the youngsters among us: tubes, SS didn't exist yet)

excerpts:

"Can You Lift Yours?"

"Space Heater. Ballast for Submarines".

"Useful for Training Weight Lifters"

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being medically house bound since Halloween, tv overload, hopping about, I re-discovered a site with some great history:

http://www.roger-russell.com/

in section 'omnidirectional speakers

http://www.roger-russell.com/omni/omni.htm

interview with Stewart Hegeman 

http://www.roger-russell.com/omni/interview.htm

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I had a McIntosh AMP, MC2250, 250wpc, 80lbs.

I lifted it out of a low shelf in a tight space, felt a 3rd meniscus tear in my 'bad' knee while lifting.

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Your Heavy Equipment Stories Please.

elliottbnewcombjr

Showing 1 response by dekay

My Bottlehead DH/SET 2A3 mono blocks weigh approx. 12 pounds each.

However, accessing them (bottom shelf of a rack located in a hallway linen closet) is not an easy task for me.

My pilot SA-232 clocks in @ around 20 pounds as did my old Mac 30 mono blocks (per unit).

My Dynaco Stereo 70's weighed about the same as a case of wine (30 pounds?).

The only heavy gear I've used were Altec VOTT's in the mid 70s (after a friend built new plywood cabs for them  they became unbearably heavy and I returned them to my cousin to use in his bar/restaurant).

It took 5 of us to hang them from the ceiling in the bar area and the other 4 guys were as strong as Oxen (I connected the chains;-).

 

DeKay