Handling Heavy Amps


There are several amps I’m interested in possibly purchasing but I’m dissuaded because of their weight. I’ve had lower back issues so I need to be careful. I live alone. Even if my wife was still alive she would not have been able to help much. Also Children live far. I see that many of you have these 60-100 pound behemoths and I wonder how do you manage. If I buy from my dealer he’ll load it in my SUV. However when I get home it will be difficult to get it out and onto the garage floor where I can place it on my handcart. Then when I get it next to my rack I need to maneuver it out of the box and up onto the rack. I guess I would need to see if my dealer would deliver it and place it on the rack. Probably for a fee. So that may work. But then if I need to paint, move furniture, resell the unit whatever I would need help. I think I can handle up to 40lbs. So how do you handle these amps? Is it a concern for you?  I’m spoiled by my Benchmark 12 lb AHB2. It’s also the reason I’ve been investigating Class D amps. 

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Anyone in the central NJ area - my audiophile friends and I will come help you with your equipment. Cost - join our small group which casually gets together to have a bite to eat, share a good glass of wine and listen to each others systems and music.

My friends just helped me move my almost 200 pound mono-block amplifiers and a LOT of my other stuff (do we ever realize how much stuff we have?).

Just before this move, it was moving our (now recently deceased) friend's heavy speakers! I'm no spring chicken but I keep myself in good shape - and I am very grateful for their help - on both occasions.

Come join us - we're not perfect but we're a good group :-)