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The Original Beast !

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In Reply to: RE: Or... posted by BDP24 on June 21, 2020 at 23:51:49

When the Threshold S/550e from the early 90's came out, I decided some day I would have to own one. It weighed 97 pounds, was 2 feet long, and was beautiful to behold!
Years later, I made a vow after I bought a used one, that I'd never buy anything over 70 pound again. Moving that beast was a major PITA.
These pics still make my heart race. What do you think?

Edits: 06/22/20

Follow Ups:

As the aging owner of a BAT VK-500.. - farfetched 10:28:05 06/24/20 (2)
I concur entirely with your thinking. Back when I got it, it was a bear to move (105 lbs) but I could heft it decently, I have a good back, just use proper form, etc.

Now, I am a cursed man. I can *barely* still move it around, but up or down stairs, oh man, well, I did it earlier this year, took me about 45 minutes, with copious resting.

Age is such a cruel little jerk.

I probably should sell the BAT system someday, just for practicality sake.

/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
- RE: As the aging owner of a BAT VK-500.. - BDP24 19:12:19 06/24/20 (1)
  When an amp gets that big and heavy, time to split it into two mono amps. But as we know, some make mono amps just as big and heavy!
  - you just put an idea in my head - farfetched 11:40:47 06/25/20 (0)
    Hmmmmmm.
    
    The BAT *is* fully dual mono....
    
    hmmm
    / optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
RE: The Original Beast ! - FX35 17:35:21 06/23/20 (0)
Beautiful, a classic piece of audio art! One of the big names from the past.

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