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    Smile Favorite listening chair...

    Just wondering how many have a favorite chair for listening to music? Lately I'm just using a simple plastic yard chair for serious listening. Not eloquent or very comfortable, but I can readily position it anywhere in a room and easily remove it when finished. It seems that high back couches and recliners, though comfortable, interfere with imaging. Anyone else notice this or is this common knowledge?
    I'm sure those with dedicated listening rooms have chair size and position down to a science!
    Any other comments or preferences of chair size or type?

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    Re: Favorite listening chair...

    i sit in the same place i put my rta microphone. also, i changed couches to a more high backed one.. its now a bass trap of sorts
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    Re: Favorite listening chair...

    Very subjective. I remember the Maxell add.


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    Re: Favorite listening chair...

    Sheesh, I always thought my L100s were missing something.

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    Smile Re: Favorite listening chair...

    Yes, it is subjective. But easy to determine on an individual basis. kind of like cupping your hands behind your ears while listening to someone speak to you. Better yet, lean back in a recliner while listening to some music then move forward one foot away from the back of the recliner. Of coarse the recliner should be out aways from the rear walls for maximum effect. I guess there are at least three possibilities. You'll like it with the head rest. You'll like it without a headrest. Or, you don't care either way. Yeah, subjective alright!
    I remember that Maxell ad too. Always liked it.
    Notice there's no headrest on the chair!

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    Re: Favorite listening chair...

    Director's chairs, comfortable, portable, stowable, and sometimes in my living room, i slide the La Z boy out into the sweet spot, but am forever plagued with how the slightest change in head position changes everything. All depends on the mood and whether comfort or sound makes the top of the short list.
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    Re: Favorite listening chair...

    Mine's a straight back table chair, about 3 rows from the band, preferably on a direct path for the waitress to the bar.
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    Re: Favorite listening chair...

    Quote Originally Posted by bfish View Post
    Mine's a straight back table chair, about 3 rows from the band, preferably on a direct path for the waitress to the bar.

    Ditto, except at my age you include the bathroom on that list.:snickerpup:
    Your neighbors called. They like your music.

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    Re: Favorite listening chair...

    Quote Originally Posted by bfish View Post
    Mine's a straight back table chair, about 3 rows from the band, preferably on a direct path for the waitress to the bar.
    I'm reading the first post and then the second and then the third and then I'm thinking damn where's the bar.But I prefer the front row Then I'm ready to hit the reply button and it is already there. :2thumbsup: :laffingassoff:

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    Re: Favorite listening chair...

    I have three upholstered barrel chairs in the living room. They are low (no reflections) and very comfortable. Mine are old and beat up but basically look like:

    Sunpan - Sunpan - 24573 - Bradshaw Armchair in Neutral Linen-look Fabric #24573

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