"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

My amp weighs about 95# - I've had heavier and lighter.  I can move it and feel a great sense of relief when I don't have to or the move is complete!

  • My current amplifier is the best one I've owned.
  • The second best amplifiers were significantly less - ~35# and while there was two they were easy to move even in all their packaging.

Honestly, I'm more sensitive to speaker weight!  

My former longtime amp (Pass Labs X 250) weighed in at a hefty 100-110 lbs and was a bear to handle, which is why I had it on the bottom shelf of my rack and tried to never move it😎. Thank goodness I never needed to send it off for repair and it proved a definite deterrent for the upgrade bug😝!

In the middle of the night, a JBL 4311 speaker fell from eight feet onto my bare toes.  All five toes broke and the pain was unbelievable.

@jetter  That’s Exactly right. The Krell FPB 600 was more of a bitch to carry upstairs because of those sharp heat sinks and only had handles in the back. The ARC Ref 750 have no heat sinks and have handles on the front and back. So I was able to lift them diagonally and carry them upstairs. Definitely helped. 

I have a Pass 250 at 106 pounds as well as 3 other amps, I swap from time to time. 

I use a hydraulic lift on wheels to move it. I jack the lift up to my rack and slide the pass on to it and roll it into another room. Im 69 and heavy lifting is out for me.