Listening Room

think flexible use:

In your case, I would plan on how to temporarily move a chair where you want it, just for listening when alone, then back to please the wifey! You get the advantage of a multi-functional space.

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My Listening Room is the main room in our small house: one open space, dining/listening one end; living/video other end.

other end, spin the two chairs around

That end is the small 5.1 video system

Windows; daylight; fresh air spring and fall; art; plants. I have friends with dedicated listening rooms, for me they lack ’life’.

Prior home: same open setup; prior college days similar long open space (parlor floor in a brownstone, Brooklyn).

I listen with the wife, listened with my kids (gave them a proper musical education with music from the 60’s/70’s) they had their friends over, listened, our parties, the kids parties .... big annual picnic, lots of people moving thru the space.

In my case, I turn two chairs in the middle around, one direction for listening, other for conversation/video.

my virtual system

also, I have flexible alternate toe-in; speaker positioning; listening chairs positioning, I gain a lot of flexibility with my speakers on wheels.

Toe-In Alternates

For some odd reason I can't full explain, this reminds me of a quote a read a while back:

"If you find our dogs annoying, we'll be happy to lock you in another room."

In the 70s my dad had a great system; huge Bozak speakers, Marantz, MacIntosh, etd. Living/listening room was well treated w heavy wool wall to wall carpet and heavy drapes. Then my Mom bought a canary. That canary loved listening and singing at the top of his lungs to the music. We tried a variety of things, like putting a cover on the carary's cage to no avail. He had to get used to it.

Larsen speakers may resolve some of these issues. And compromise, of course.