"Can You Lift Yours?"

@stringreen 

Ouch.

My Quicksilver Mono Amps never failed to make my feet ache when I was forced to move them from their appointed spots. The Primaluna Integrated that replaced the Quickies isn't exactly svelte, either, but at least there's only one of them. My SOTA turntable system, meantime, weighs a ton and rocks around like a drunk in a hammock when I gotta hoist it off the rack. The tiptoes don't make the process any easier. My speaker stands are filled with lead shot, adding still more avoirdupois to the happy get-together.

Just took possession of a Krell KSA-200. 125lbs. It’s not working, so in an effort to not have to keep lifting it up on a work bench, and taking it down, I’m going to build a table for it where it can stay until I get it working. My TT is about 90lbs including the isolation base. Not a fan of moving it as there is the issue of a rather fragile tone arm resting on top of all that mass…

My (sadly faulty) Michaelson & Austin TVA1  weighs about 90 pounds. I could lift it once, but no more. I once dropped it (not the cause of the fault) and the corner punched through the floor. My slate turntable is about 60 pounds.

My listening room is in the second floor. My first amp was a Krell FPB 600 weighing in at 180lbs. Carried it up stairs by myself to my second floor of my home 6 yrs ago. A few months ago got my new Audio Research REF 750 mono blocks. Weighing in at 170lbs ea. carried one up stairs by myself and then had to take a break for a half hour and then carry the second on upstairs by myself. 👍👊💪