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What Possessed Me to Do This?

We are working on "de-cluttering" our home to list it for sale in April, need to have my "man cave" painted first.  To prepare for the painters' arrival, am boxing up my audio system, moving the components to a "climate controlled" storage unit.  I got the lighter stuff boxed up without assistance.  My son helped me place my 110# power amp on the carpeted floor, flip it over to bolt it to the plywood for the base of the inner carton, eventually getting it boxed and double-boxed, taped up and ready to go.  One of my son's friends is coming over for dinner, to help box up a pair of 122# speakers and a pair of 133# sub woofers.

What possessed me to get equipment that weighs so much?
ejr1953
mr_m
1,900 posts
 
I pondered the same question when I moved away. Taking extremely heavy equipment by truck over 2000 miles wasn't a pleasant adventure.
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noble100
2,419 posts
 

     Sell everything except the speakers and subs and buy some high quality class D amps that are about 20% the size and weight of your current amps and enjoy at least equal or better system performance.  Plus they'll pay for themselves over a number of years with significantly smaller electricity costs, even if you leave them on 24/7.  Let the buyers carry them out.

You're welcome,
       Tim
drmemory62
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Satan is an audiophile.
jbrrp1
423 posts
 
Because, very often, heavy sounds better....
rcprince
3,061 posts
 
Remember, you were younger and stronger when you bought the heavy stuff.  Fortunately you have your son and his friends to help now, and for the mere price of a dinner!
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