pioneervato
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An IKEA "Kimsta" chair I bought new in 1989. They call 'em "Poang" now.
I have two Poang's as well in the same color. I find them to be very comfortable and great for long listening sessions. :thmbsp:
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Do You Have A "Listening Chair"?
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I have two Poang's as well in the same color. I find them to be very comfortable and great for long listening sessions. :thmbsp:
beatcomber
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And they're rugged and CHEAP too! (Just like me.) :thmbsp:
Peter_Klim
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Although very nice, not good for music listening!
Although very nice, most of these chairs listed on this thread are not good for music listening!
I own one of the Stressless/Ekorness glider chair as well as the much less epxensive IKEA Poang chairs (which is much better for music listening than the Stressless) and do no find them to allow me to listen to music to its full potential.
The problem is that the headrest or backrest is too high so the sound behind you is reflected back to you - similar to poor room acoustics. Ideally, your sitting position should be with the back wall pretty far away from you, so imagine how much worse a chair is that reflects sound that is directly behind you. Using these chairs brings in (to a much lesser degree) the same effect as cupping your hands right behind your ears - try it right now. When I try it my laptop's fan sounds much louder and it sounds like I am in a tunnel. When I listen to music in these chairs, especially when I lean back into them, the depth of the sound stage is totally lost. As someone mentioned, removing their headrest resulted in better sound.
If anytime I need to do critical listening, I sit on the edfge of my seat (to be further away from the back/head rest). Or I sit on my guitar stool. It's not as comfortable, but it sounds much better.
Although very nice, most of these chairs listed on this thread are not good for music listening!
I own one of the Stressless/Ekorness glider chair as well as the much less epxensive IKEA Poang chairs (which is much better for music listening than the Stressless) and do no find them to allow me to listen to music to its full potential.
The problem is that the headrest or backrest is too high so the sound behind you is reflected back to you - similar to poor room acoustics. Ideally, your sitting position should be with the back wall pretty far away from you, so imagine how much worse a chair is that reflects sound that is directly behind you. Using these chairs brings in (to a much lesser degree) the same effect as cupping your hands right behind your ears - try it right now. When I try it my laptop's fan sounds much louder and it sounds like I am in a tunnel. When I listen to music in these chairs, especially when I lean back into them, the depth of the sound stage is totally lost. As someone mentioned, removing their headrest resulted in better sound.
If anytime I need to do critical listening, I sit on the edfge of my seat (to be further away from the back/head rest). Or I sit on my guitar stool. It's not as comfortable, but it sounds much better.
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Very interesting Peter Klim as I never thought of that. Most of my critical listening is done either standing up or sitting on a tall swivel type stool. My yard sale wooden bar type stools aren't even worthy to even post a pic of but they do keep me awake and provide a seat when needed. Whenever I sit in down in a real comfy chair like most of those shown I do tend to doze off. When that happens I end up spilling my drink and we certainly can't have that.
kansei
Super Member
Since all of the "good" stereo gear I own is in my laboratory (and my laboratory is in the basement), I have one of these which also doubles as a soldering chair. When I'm in the actual house, I get to listen to my Onkyo from the couch.
I hope to promote some tube gear to the house in the next few months.
I hope to promote some tube gear to the house in the next few months.
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draftingmonkey
AK Monkey
Peter Klim may be right if you have a room that has potential for good acoustics. Sadly since I have high cathedral ceilings (13'-17') in my main room and no good back wall in any other room (due to floor plan/furniture layout) I feel I might as well put comfort first and enjoy what I can. Someday I hope to have a home with a dedicated listening room so I can enjoy the critical listening that Peter talks about.