Thanks folks! I think those will be just the ticket. The Matrix 800's have spikes so these will be perfect. Bookmarked!
Happy listening.
Heavy speakers: How to be able to reposition?
I suppose this is an odd question but, here goes...
Perhaps unlike other audiophiles, I play with speaker positioning occasionally. I have a pair of Acoustat 1+1s which are very sensitive to room placement. The upside to that sensitivity is I can easily play with the sound stage they present. And as they are easily moved, I do so every few months to enjoy a wider or narrower, more intimate stage. It's rather fun actually.
In a very few years however, my wife and I will be moving into our retirement home. There I will have exclusive use of an appropriate sized room for my audio salon where I can install my pop's B&W Matrix 800's. Weighing in at almost 250lbs each moving them around seems rather daunting to me.
What do people with heavy transducers do to facilitate moving them around?
I know, you're wondering why I'm thinking about this now. It's simple really. Being retired I can start thinking about details like this now so I don't have to then! I'm already working on my rack design, electrical, etc. so when the time comes, I can hit the ground running. 😉 Thanks!
Happy listening.
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@bassdude Those are all good points. The 800s come in five specially built Danish wood cabinets. And I haven’t even started in on the rest of the gear! The thing is here, this gear all belonged to my pop. Would I have chosen it? No, likely not. It took me four months to find a house with 8’ ceilings for my Acoustats. But it’s all in my care for now so I’m going to enjoy it as soon as I can. Happy listening. |
@kevn - An ingenious idea! I've considered investing in a set of those hand-jacks as they'd be handy for many things really. But for my purposes here, I think simple furniture sliders will suffice. @celtic66 - Your post made me laugh for you see, my pop was a radiologist. As I was dismantling and crating everything up, I kept looking upward and asking aloud "Gee, pop didja HAVE to get everything that was heaviest in class!?". Because along with the Matrix 800s there was also a Mark Levinson, ML No. 335, Jadis Defy 7, VPI TNT IV, Sota Saphhire, Accuphase DP90 and DC 91 Jadis RC JP80, several heavy power supplies/filters and enough in heavy cabling to wire up the Battersea Power Station. Oh and let's not forget the 2,300 LPs... So where were YOU when pop making his choices!? 🤣🤣🤣 I figure the hardest part of setting the 800's up will be standing them up. My sister helped me lay them down onto some cardboard for disassembly. That was only mildly terrifying. I'll use some sliders to get them into place and move them about to tweak. Then after I find their home, I'll carefully tilt them while my wife slips their spikes into their feet. Anyway, thanks again for the laugh. Happy listening. |