Your audiophile chair

Hi roxy54 - the chairs you reference were intentionally chosen to help the sound. I designed the room 30 years ago to be hard and bright, with dimensions to sharply limit standing waves. I then softened the room of any hardness or slap echoes using ACS tube trap products, carpet, a high vaulted ceiling and furniture. The table is always covered with stuff, so nothing reflects off the glass; it's legs are thin and way below the direct sound line-source ribbons deliver. When using room correction by Trinnov Amethyst preamp and mike it measured incredibly flat 20-20k Hz aside from <2 dB bumps at 20 and 50 Hz. The only thing about a glider rocker is you can move in and out of the sweetspot a little, so you may notice minimal doppler effect only when looking for it. For serious listen I sit quite still and comfortable! Everything about the soundstage, timber, dynamics and focus are very natural and precise. There is method to my audio madness! For example, orchestras, Jennifer Warnes, Roger Water's opening Bill Hubbard track from Amused to Death are precise and span 180° arc of image. Classical, jazz, folk and techno are my preferences - all great recordings sound...GREAT! The listening chair does not interfere with the music at all, and is very comfortable!

Your beautiful chair looks delicious and I would think a great listening chair and conversation piece!

Last comment for jcarcopo - nice chair!

long story short: audiophiles in general have "amazing" taste in furniture, 

Have comfortable chairs but for critical listening, I use mesh-type office chairs. 

Why that

Opera National de Paris' seats replicas made by the Manufacture Henryot & Cie 1867.

@classicalpiano 

Thanks for the detailed explanation. Looks like you really know what you're doing.

I'm certain that like you, music and audiophilia is a passion and a gift - something we nurture and treasure! 😉

A passion and a gift. That's a good way of describing it.

+++Ikea Poang Have one in fabric ($200) and one in leather ($240).....add the ottoman for another $100

Right height for listening with nothing above the shoulders, comfortable for longer sessions, and a tremendous value

@mikelavigne 

When you are listening in your chair are you in a reclined position or upright? 
 

Regards

Ron 

When you are listening in your chair are you in a reclined position or upright?

@ronboco

my chair is always in a slightly reclined position (see link below for a picture).

my chair has a fixed backrest, fixed seat, and fixed leg supports. it tilts around an axis but i keep it in one position (since 1999 so far), which puts my ears just below the tweeter position, 40" verses 41" off the ground. the chair is tilted back so when i have my laptop with a pillow or i’m reading it’s perfect for my neck to be comfortable. sometimes my head is on the small half round head/neck pillow, sometimes slightly forward. my feet can be flat on the ground or suspended when using the lower leg support.

here is a link to a picture from 2001 in my old room showing this chair.

https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/what-did-your-system-look-like-20-years-ago.34143/#post-770073

and btw; when i have listening visitors i move my ’perfect’ chair out of the sweet spot and move in a very different chair, the Cassina K-10 Dodo. it’s a 2 hour chair, but swivels and has a low back so is more communal. this is the chair the shows in my system pictures, but not what i use. i want a chair i can be in continually.

https://www.miliashop.com/en/armchairs/4309-k10-dodo-armchair-cassina.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw67ajBhAVEiwA2g_jED_I2xDr3abyekPhseHRSbCE7EUm_Q2BtRJ1l3LU0BvmnjYhITfe6BoCqQwQAvD_BwE

@mikelavigne 

Thank you. I have a Stressless chair like many others but as you said around 2 hours I need to switch from feet on the foot rest to the floor. I wish the foot rest was adjustable. 

That Cassina K-10 Dodo reminded me of a Barcalounger I almost got:

I already have a nice recliner and thought the arms of this one were just a bit too low for long listening support.

All the best,
Nonoise

The Havberg set from Ikea is really nice.  I'm 6' 2.5" and my ears are just above the back of the chair.

This is my new go to listening chair. Lots of breathing room. RÅDVIKEN from IKEA,. a 20 x 20 pillow is a must.

This is what I sit in for my listening sessions. It’s pretty comfortable after many hours and I like the retro mid-century look.

@aniwolfe 

Ok, great photo.

I used two old metal horizontally gliding chairs,not real rocking chairs, ( they are easier to move from the slighest movement of the body especially when my body is extended between the two chairs)...

The two facing one another with the right numbers of cushions for feet and my back, then because i listened with ONLY headphone now, i can change my position at will, my back on one chair and my feet on the other or sitting in reverse, then owning two seated positions instead of just one with a regular costly big reclining chair ... It is confort so much so i can sleep often listening music lost in ectasy...

i prefer a gliding chair to a rocking chair because they are easier to move , i prefer them also to reclining static chair because static reclining chair dont permit movement with a slight impulse of my body when listening music... And some music ask for body movements...

I prefer two chairs too because with one i see through a window and with the other i had no distraction facing a wall... With one chair i will be in the obligation to turn around a big chair each time if i want to see nature through the window or meditate facing a wall... Not a good solution... And closing the eyes is no solution either because some music ask for the eyes to be open, some music must be SEEN in front of the wall or around nature...

Another advantage is the two chairs are different in dimensions even if they are two gliding one, they differ and this difference is very healthy for a fatigued back, more healthy than keeping always the same seated position...

As for my audio system i paid a very low amount of money for the 2 used gliding chairs... :)

The best solution are not always the costlier... I dont think most people had thought about all these possibilities here as i did buying their costly esthetical leather reclining chair... ... 😉

«A chair is not and never will be only a chair»- Groucho Marx 🤓

« a chair is a silent  musical instrument »- Harpo Marx

«A chair is a philosophical position»-Chico Marx

Eames Lounge. Ear height is lower than a modern sofa but that actually works with many setups.