Lighter weight amp or powered speakers

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My PA only gets used if there's nothing in the venue and is one of the Thoman 800W RMS amps into two Samson Auro D12s. It's nothing fancy or expensive but does the job and sounds ok. But that amp... It's heavier even than my lead sled bass amps. And into the Samsons it's only developing at most 500W.

 

The resale value on the amp is probably minimal and it's not going to be a lot on the speakers either 

 

Do I:

 

1. Suck it up as it's occasional use only.

2. Replace the amp with something lighter (probably used - occasional use only).

3. Replace all of it with powered speakers - for example Auro TX or TS in 12 inch. TS costs more but has better low end but weighs more. The TX have a similar frequency spectrum to the Auro, which are fine.

3a. Sell the D12s?

3b. Keep the D12s, sell the larger Tech 1x15 that is for bass? The D12s have leaner bass, but are no worse than something like a TC BC208, but they are quite ugly.

3c. Sell my powered monitors which are worth even less but sound less good than the D12, but then I'm looking at a second amp and the weight of the rack with two amps (or a single quad amp) rises and I might gain nothing in terms of ease of load in or out.

 

Hmmm...