What are important features in a listening chair


Been wondering what features are important to you in a listening chair. 

(Besides the drink holder and familiar smell...)
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Somebody could make a ton of money by inventing a standing chair for audiophiles.

😀 Here’s an option: with tilt to accommodate for tweeter height and isolation. 😀

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/58428
Health. Movement. You (not the chair).

Since the focus (so far) has primarily been on comfort and sound quality....

Studies are now showing that standing (at an upright desk) is not much different in impact versus sitting. 

An old school and simple wooden chair that allows for an upright posture. Practice bracing of the abdominals and lower back muscles.
Satellite dishes need to be larger for weaker signals

Desert Rat Ears offer ample evidence. Audiophile tweaks at the genetic level. : )

However, how one avoids the predatory strikes of a sidewinder rattlesnake, while in one's comfy listening chair has yet to be researched. : )

From: AMER. ZOOL., 20:247-254 (1980) Morphological Adaptations of the Ear in the Rodent Family Heteromyidae

"SYNOPSIS. Middle and inner ear structure and auditory sensitivity have been studied in all five genera of the rodent family Heteromyidae. In the most xeric genera (Dipodomys and Microdipodops) the middle ears are greatly inflated, the tympano-ossicular system very efficient, the organ of Corti extremely modified, and low-frequency sensitivity extremely acute. ...Experimental data demonstrate that the low frequency sensitivity in Dipodomys is adaptive in predator avoidance."

"The selective pressure for these auditory modifications such as we see in heteromyids is no doubt especially strong for nocturnal species in a desert environment, where discontinuous vegetation allows litle natural cover and reduced food avail- ability requires that considerable time be given to foraging. In fact, similar modifications are found in several old world desert rodents (e.g., gerbils, jerboas, and the spring haas) and the African elephant shrews. There is also a fossil record of South American marsupials with greatly inflated middle ears. All these are small, desert-dwelling mammals. On the other hand, there are rodents with similar environmental problems which lack these auditory specializations, such as deer mice, pack rats, ground squirrels, and grasshopper mice. Auditory specialization is not the only way for such mammals to avoid over- predation. It is, however, an evolutionary strategy developed independently and successfully in several groups of small desert mammals. Among the heteromyids, each genus gives some clues as to this evolutionary process."