Listening Chair

[senmurv76]

Unless the Klutz frame is made of platinum it's a fools chair ...

 

[AudioDoctor]

but this is what I use, it is THE most comfortable chair I have ever sat in.

 

http://www.stickley.com/OurProducts_Details.cfm?id=2038&Collection=Mission&view=all&view=complex&finish=

 

edit, although I saw this over the weekend and really liked it.

 

http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod60107&categoryId=cat1701068

 

[senmurv76]

Retrofit it with a pair of machine guns and it will make an awesome chair

 

[Priaptor]

expensive and some of these leathers are very very expensive, however, that chair, being greater than 13K, is crazy.

 

Plus I don't like the support of the chair.

 

If someone is going to spend that much money for a dedicated chair, there are some really nice and much cheaper (although still very expensive) chairs, uniquely designed from the 50s and 60s by famous designers that incredibly comfortable, perfect for listening that can now only be made in bulk because of new plastic molding techniques.

 

 

 

[elcorso]

Very comfortable since this is absolutely the last chair some Sing Sing prisoner would use:

 

 

Less hard to find than some out of print CDs or SACDs.

 

Roch

 

PS/ If you like it and find one, please remove the power cord before use it.

 

 

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

I may put a pair in my office...

 

[Priaptor]

wife will be sure I sit in if she ever discovers the price of my system.

 

[ssgp2]

How many amps?

 

[Julf]

"If someone is going to spend that much money for a dedicated chair, there are some really nice and much cheaper (although still very expensive) chairs, uniquely designed from the 50s and 60s by famous designers that incredibly comfortable, perfect for listening that can now only be made in bulk because of new plastic molding techniques."

 

But the cheaper chairs are not specially designed for music!

 

[Priaptor]

I see your point.

 

I guess it is actually cheap since it was "designed for music"

 

[elcorso]

Is an office chair, but my favorite one, very fresh, a lot of adjustments, durable and reliable. About US$900.-

 

I like it since it's easy with this chair to find the sweet spot, once your speakers are placed in the 'correct' position in your room.

 

 

Maybe you can't get the WAF (wife approval factor), but I don't care, since in my music room I'm the only master!

 

Roch

 

[Priaptor]

a great music chair and very comfortable.

 

Modifying the base, to keep it the swivel factor would make it perfect.

 

[bleedink]

Roch the Henry Miller and the Sing Sing models look very similar. Any word on what kind of DAC the Sing Sing has? Also, didn't see any HDMI inputs on the Sing Sing model. Headphones? Doesn't the Sing Sing models come with binaural head gear as well? The San Quentin model seems to include some head gear...

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

You may need to upgrade the power cord to audiophile grade on the Sing Sing and San Quentin models :~)

 

 

 

[sjsanford]

I recall reading that Sing-Sing chair rates low on galvanic isolation.

 

[bleedink]

I hear the Nuforce Mod is much more resolving upgrade than the power cord--at any rate no one who used either model ever complained about upgrades after using one. Everyone says it's killer.

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

"Everyone says it's killer."

 

That's the best comment I've read in so long! I'm literally laughing my ass off :~)

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Here's the chair in which I spend many hours per week. It's a Whittemore Sherrill. The back is fairly high but when I sit straight up my head is elevated above the chair. Without sitting straight up the chair certainly influences the sound.

 

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[The Computer Audiophile]

My little side table is actually a chair from Ikea. It's called the DALFRED and cabe raised and lowered by spinning the "seat".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Priaptor]

my chair.

 

I am still in search of the "perfect chair" and hence why I was actually going to produce one. I was working with an engineer, the project too cumbersome and the market too small and margins not worth it.

 

Right now I use a standard "wooden" chair from a card table, that I have Tempurpedic seat and back cushions.

 

[Paul R]

I'm almost embarrased to say, but we tossed out some rather high end leather couches and chairs, and restocked the living room with three of these and a set of Maggie 1.7s. (grin)

 

They are very comfortable indeed, enough to easily let me sleep in peace when Karen wants to watch television. And very sturdy, even for me and I am what one could charitably describe as "hefty."

 

We have the leather cushions, and our heads will just clear the seat backs. With the leather seats, I think they cost about $250 each at Ikea.

 

 

 

-Paul

 

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

I sat in one at Ikea simply because I was tired of walking around the place and realized it was pretty comfy, so I bought one. Here is the pic I took when I was proud of myself for assembling it.

 

 

[illuminetics]

Hilarious!

 

[DigiPete]

Classic Danish Design, comfy, good quality, only 50 years of wear, communal, no reflections.

 

 

 

 

 

[DigiPete]

I have the most comfortable dining room chairs: the Date from Varier (former Stokke):

 

 

 

It is designed for both ergonomy and esthetics.

The chair seat and back pivots on the leg basis, forcing you to sit correctly rather than slouching.

You can comfortably stay seated for 8 hours, quite an important feature if you party into the small hours Danish style.

 

 

Varie makes a recliner with similar virtues: the Peel.

I have long been dreaming about a pair of Peels, but I have no space :-(

 

 

 

You can move around and sit in many positions in the Peel so you don't get tired of the position you sit in.

It come in a his and hers mirrored version for optimum esthetics.

 

Peel in a nice fabric seems to be a compromise made in heaven - if you have the space for the pair.