I feel your pain, OP. I am about 4 years away from relocating overseas after 34 years in the same home. Add to all the anxiety: Import duties and restrictions, "professional" packaging, and the risk of putting my precious hi-fi and LPs on a cargo ship, with over land truck transport on both sides of the move. Then there's the issue of voltage, since I am moving to a 220 country. I do plan on wiring the new man cave for 110, though. Plus, after 34 years of having a quiet basement man cave, my new listening room will be in an apartment building with apartments above and below. Yikes. I am planning on rather expensive renovations to prevent sound leakage. Good luck on the move!
I Hate Moving
Regardless of looking a little dumb for posting such a topic, I was wondering if others had advice when it comes to moving a stereo from one apartment to another. My landlord died a couple months back and I received a letter from the estate attorney telling me to vacate the house that I’ve been living in for eight years. The apartment I’m moving into is actually nicer but smaller and I’ll have someone living above me. My amplifier weighs about eighty pounds and the two power supplies and battery take up a good amount of floor space. I do have the original boxes for everything except my Quad 2905 ESL’s, which I wrap in bubble wrap and carefully lay on an inflatable mattress in the back of my SUV. This method works well, I did this whenever delivering the speakers to my Quad technician. Anyway, it’s just a pain.