Listening chair
After many years of searching for a comfortable listening chair, I still have not found it. Anybody has any brand names, pictures, web sites that I can check out? I'm currently using a $15.00 used chair (office like) that I found at one of the parking lot sale. It's great for listening but it's not too comfortable to sit on. |
Hello Everyone. I am about to say good bye to my home theater chairs. Anyone interested in taking a look at it are welcome to follow the link below. My idea of a Listen Chair is what you enjoy sitting in for hours. The only reason I am selling my is because I am running out of room in my home theather room If anyone have any comments about my Home theater chairs or would like to buy it please let me know. Sorry to make this so much like an ad but just you guys to see how my home theater chairs look like. Thank You. http://www.audioreview.com/market/messages/78534.shtml Bill |
After years of thinking about chairs, I decided that the ultimate chair would of course be comfy, have a big armrest for the remote, and let you put your feet up (either a recliner or coffee table req'd.). For group listening need a couch for 1-on-1 need a chair only. You need to be able to get up quicly to change CD's. So I got myself a custom leather mission-style recliner which does the trick for system #1 and a couch for system #2. |
I thought I would share the details of my design and manufacturing journey on this forum: The floor in my listening room (AKA sitting room) is concrete with insulation, battens and an MDF sub floor, dense foam underlay and wool carpeting. I have considering the sub-harmonics generated by the floor and shall soon be replacing the dense foam with a proprietary sound absorbing cellular matting ( only $200 per sq foot from the US) The hollow tubular steel chair legs are filled with kitty litter and spiked through the carpet and underlay to the MDF sub floor, this bothered me a little so I've packed under the spikes with quick set mortar to prevent any vibration. The chair seat has a worm thread rise and fall adjustment to enable proper horizontal ear / tweeter alignment. My wife has made for me a special pair of trousers which have a 2 inch thick butyl rubber padded seat ( only $200 per sq inch from the US ) and to avoid any untoward, unwanted vibrational movement in this area an exhaust pipe vents any gases to behind the chair. Movement in these trouser is very limited so I have a special hoist to lift me into the chair ( only $3000 from the US ) The arm rests have been moulded to my arm shape and to prevent any sideways movement which could affect the soundwaves from my speakers there are leather straps to hold my arms in place, hand movement is rather limited but sufficient to allow me to operate the remote controls of my streamer and amp. I have found it rather difficult to change tracks and I have been listening to Mariah Carey's Christmas album on repeat since yesterday. The chair back has a spinal support pad and a unique moulded head retaining neck / cranial pan bracket, this is the clever part as it holds the head perfectly steady and aligned, vertically and horizontally. To enable the ears to perfectly receive the sound waves, ear flap position is adjusted by a lever arrangement. With the head thus retained having a drink is only possible through a straw - actually a personal fluid delivery suction tube made from specially recycled non ionic compressed paper ( only $250 for a pack of 12 from the US ) The cup holder fixed to the arm rest has been repurposed from one found in a defunct electric car abandoned in Haywards Heath. The whole set up has a remarkable resemblance to an American electric chair but hey - I can really appreciate the music. Merry Christmas and happy listening everyone |
Stressless w/ ottoman. I've had one of these - Mayfair model - for ten years. Still comfortable. The construction is the same for the entire range of this type. You can spend more if you want fancier features but the parts (springs, chassis, etc.) that make it work and feel good are the same Not cheap but they definitely last.https://www.stressless.com/en |
