Preparing for a big delivery

Joey_V
Joey_V Posts: 8,552
in 2 Channel Audio
So, I have never had to prepare for a big audio item before. Usually I just wing it and get a friend or two to help me lift the speaker or the amp and we usually survive.

But this one coming is big. Like really big.

So I had to prepare.

I bought some heavy duty furniture blankets, ratcheting straps, and this specialized stair-climbing dolly with a 550 lb capacity.

WIsh me luck.
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Getting my friends to come and help me lift and push. Also made sure I have umbrella insurance in case something happens, lol.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,553
    So, you're finally buying high end cables for those poor speakers and gear that have suffered and starved for so long.....'bout time!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    F1nut wrote: »
    So, you're finally buying high end cables for those poor speakers and gear that have suffered and starved for so long.....'bout time!

    You've got me!! lol
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,157
    nice dolly!
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,014
    Your wife ordered more shoes?
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    Growing tired of your Strads already?
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,014
    wait, you did mention audio... Not one but two SVS PB13 ultras
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Hopefully it's a truck load of new shorts....unlike the ones he's wearing in his avatar. :)
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,670
    Your casket for when your wife sees the CC bill?
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    Lifting big things still won't put hair on a body like yours....Hotdog

    Finally the boulder is coming? Or have you had it this entire time?
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,014
    DSkip wrote: »
    Joey, I'll offer my assistance if our schedules align. I owe you anyways.

    And no, I will not throw the beast over my shoulder and carry it up the stairs for you. I have my limitations as well.

    I think only his wife calls it the beast....
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    If I was closer, I would come help...you load it into the back of my Jeep! ;)

    Congrats again man!
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    So.......what is coming??
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,014
    Maybe is a listening chair..
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    F1nut wrote: »
    So, you're finally buying high end cables for those poor speakers and gear that have suffered and starved for so long.....'bout time!

    LOL....doubt it. The dolly probably cost more than what he's willing to spend.

    Just bustin' your nuts Joey, ya know Jess or myself won't stop until you fork it up for that nice gear.

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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    vmaxer wrote: »
    So.......what is coming??

    Thats what i am wondering, it reminds me of one of those facebook posts that i hate.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Skip knows...

    A sneak peek....

    t9gdxvrhp27q.jpg
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,202
    Couple of cases of iPhones?
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Skip knows...

    A sneak peek....

    t9gdxvrhp27q.jpg

    Well, my dumb self is still clueless. :|
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    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Crated, it is 330 pounds according to the freight ticket.

    I am assuming probably 300 pounds will be loaded onto the stair climbing dolly.

    Ugh...

    I wonder what kind of illness I have.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,014
    edited January 2016
    a new rack?
    wait... concrete pads for the speakers?
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    Joey_V wrote: »
    I wonder what kind of illness I have.

    If anyone can diagnose it, it'd be you :wink:

    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Has to be the Boulder.....only thing that weighs that much that was on his I gotta have it list.
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    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Malbec
    Malbec Posts: 553
    Boulder 1060 maybe?

    9vweuhncw96s.jpg
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Willow wrote: »
    wait, you did mention audio... Not one but two SVS PB13 ultras

    Would love that or 2 REL Gibraltars. kwrkb9krdliz.jpg
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,014
    tonyb wrote: »
    Has to be the Boulder.....only thing that weighs that much that was on his I gotta have it list.

    It is!

    http://www.ultraaudio.com/index.php/equipment-menu/291-boulder-amplifiers-1060-stereo-amplifier

    check out that plate, same as what he showed in that pic

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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Upstatemax wrote: »
    Your casket for when your wife sees the CC bill?

    NO one suspects this credit card of any wrongdoing my friend.

    hello-kitty-credit-card.jpg
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited January 2016
    Malbec wrote: »
    Boulder 1060 maybe?

    9vweuhncw96s.jpg

    Haha.. close but no cigar.

    You're thinking too small.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    I call dibs on the Classe! I thought with the new B&W line it would have been for sure a pair of those.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    I call dibs on the Classe! I thought with the new B&W line it would have been for sure a pair of those.

    Oh those are coming too. 802D3 most likely this 2016
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