Leather couch, leather love seat or single wooden chair


In an ongoing effort, I'm trying to get the best sound in my room-aren't we all:)  I'm curious to know what most of you have as your listening chair.  I started out with a 3 seat couch, went to a 2 seater and now am using a single chair.  Back in the war of 1812, my left arm was damaged, so I have to get 2 men and a boy to move these items out of my room.  Because there's a time lapse, it's hard for me to tell which is the best.  My wife votes for the two seater, but neither of us gets to sit in the sweet spot.  Please give me your experiences and recommendations.  I would love to make the two seater work.  Maybe we can sit on top of each other:) 
handymann

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There is a way to make a two seater work, at some loss to both listeners, but better than not. But this doesn't replace a single seat. Cross the axis of your speakers well in front of your head. The the person on the right, for example will be listening to the speaker on the left on axis but further away and the speaker on the right off axis which will be closer but where I presume the will be a loss due to off axis dispersion. 

Less than perfect for sure but it does work. Another solution would be to use omni speakers. The only loss here would be the loss of specificity in an otherwise huge soundstage.

Personally I gave my wife the family room and TV, I took the living room and stereo with a single central located Scandinavian stressless recliner. Man am I less stressed!@ :-)