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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.

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If you go to a Budget rent-a-truck location, they can probably give you the number(s) of guys that only load and unload trucks. This saved me last moving day. Also helps if you move everything to the room closest to the exit door. Finally, hand trucks are great as are floor dollys (medium and small). Not too expensive.

P.S. when packing amps, preamps, DACs, etc. always put the front in first (into the usual big plastic bag). If you don't, there's a chance you could scratch the front, cutting the tape that is sealing the bag.

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