Heavy speakers: How to be able to reposition?

Hi @musicfan2349 - I just came across your post and was thinking, if you hadn’t yet got those sliders, and your listening space is planned to be hard-floored, that you could use the placement plinths I designed for my 85kg apiece speakers. They work really well for fine tuning speaker placement. In the case of your bw matrix, they would be jacked from the front and rear, with the plinths slid in from the side for greater stability, seeing your speakers are deeper than they are wide : ) You can see these at -

I don’t buy speakers that my wife can’t lift. 

Perhaps @rocray has the best response.  I cannot tell you what to do, but do share 25+ years of radiology, shooting x-rays on patients with spine damage and post surgery, provides revenue stream for everyone:  PT, surgery, radiology, orthopedic, lab, nursing, etc.  

Most spine damage is permanent and not correctable regardless of what the super surgeon tells you.  It usually leads to slow decline and affects other parts of the body as misalignment of one part skews load on others.  It's usually a one-way track. 

Carefully consider your actions.  We in medicine call it job security.  Be well.

@celtic66 

+1 Excellent advice, which to me says, use your brain not your back. If you use your brain there is always a way to move any heavy objects without damaging your back. 

@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.