Gamut Lobster Chair

the words that come to mind are buzzkill and pendejitis.

Yeah, beautiful chair but, she looks like a chronic backache waiting to happen.

It does not look very comfortable though it is quite beautiful. I imagine if your head was within the confines of the chair it would get rid of many room reflections. It is equivalent to cupping one ear in a single direction. If you want to judge good room correction bring in a Ferengi (star trek guy with giant ears that can only hear forward )

A soft, black leather, high back, office chair, with rollers and height adjustment lever works best for me. I can roll it to  find the sweet spot, and adjust the height   when switching between my floor standers,  and my stand mount, mini sattelite/subwoofer system.

When not listening to music, it doubles as my computer chair in the opposite end of my room.

I never heard of this lobster chair....looked it up and it really is a good looking piece of furniture.

Just replaced my Ekornes Stressless chair with another one. After 15 years the leather started to finally get worn looking.  They still make the exact same chair (higher price of course)! I had been through 3 other brands, some pretty expensive  before it and the biggest difference is my back doesn't hurt after getting out of it after long periods, can even sleep there. I think it is recommended by some chorpractic association. It is very comfortable, but not like a recliner where the footrest comes up, vibrates or holds a refrigerator like Costanza's on Seinfeld. Not really cushy of pillowy at all if that's what you are looking for.

Bad news - very expensive and made in Sweden, so if you don't get a standard color that is in stock in the US, it has to be custom ordered. Mine took 23 weeks to get here because my wife couldn't live with a stock color. This one may outlive me....BTW the old one is still perfectly good and my son will take it when he moves back in driving distance. He loves it more than me.

That chair is only good for one tune. B-52s. 

MC and I agree the Gamut Lobster Chair has superb springs, meanwhile Jason Bourne is in Fantasyland

I tried the Eames chair a few days ago. While it is reasonably comfortable, when seated, my ears are 4 inches lower than the tweeters of my speakers. Would it be better if the tweeters and my ears are at the same height? 

@dcpillai,

 

Yes, if you are concerned about hearing precise fidelity at the listening position from most normal sized Speakers with typical low, midrange, and tweeter configuration. It has been recommended, suggested, and tested with results to come to this conclusion (don't ask me, Google is your friend). Not to say that you can't sit higher or lower, your just not hearing the best spatial qualities. I think giant array speakers, those with 6 foot bass columns and the same size for mids and tweeters, listening height would not make a difference, and I would also say the same for magnepan speakers as those types of speakers in most cases have the same drivers literally floor to speaker height. 

Thanks for the constuctive input @audioquest4life .

I wonder whether I can seek your input on another point, i.e. I currently use a highback chair and while the sound is good (to my heairng), it seems to be even better (i.e. better separation and clarity of instrumentation) when I cup my ears. Why is that? 

Appreciate your feedback.

 

What came first...The Lobster or the Egg?

 

I took the plunge! Gamut Lobster chair has finally arrived and is with my dealer. Will be trying it out next week. Is it going to be good or will it turn out to be an expensive mistake? Honestly don't know. But will certainly report my experience soon. Fingers crossed! 

I am happy to report that I have had the Gamut Lobster chair for a month now. Siting in it the first time was a surprise / shock as it was so incredibly different from the plush IMG recliner that I had previously. The chair has much less padding and I got used to it over the next few days. I find the chair to be very comfortable now and any fears of back pains have receded away.

Does it make a difference sound wise? Yes it does, at least to the ears of those that have come to try it out. Quoting my system page " The sound (in particular the sound stage and clarity of instruments) seems to have improved, as far as my ears are concerned that is :-) What an absolute relief! "

Here’s the link if you want to visit and have a look see:- https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9619#&gid=1&pid=3

Nice looking room and system. Like the chair.

It's very modern and beautiful, and I'm sure very well made, but I wouldn't want to be without the adjustability of my recliner, especially the adjustable power headrest. Before my current recliner, I had one like this (not nearly as high quality) with the separate footrest and it was nice, but once I got used to the adjustability of a good power recliner I was hooked. 

In addition to that, the round wooden base of the old one was always moving and had to be moved back into position every day. It's also nice to be rid of the large footrest. Now when I'm not using it it's not in the way.