The Forgotten Component

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Offline galyons

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on: August 18, 2016, 03:46:51 PM
We have had much discussion on equipment, tubes, caps, chassis wire, interconnects and speaker cables, ad nauseum.  Speakers are always worth a thousand words. We banter about the finishes & treatment of our bases.  But what about where we place our loving butts? The listening chair so honorably placed in the "sweet spot"!!  Doc, awhile back, was looking for a nice Herman Miller office chair, but not much else, chair-wise, discussed.

I didn't realize how much the seating component impacted my listening enjoyment!

My back was bothering me and our old Victorian parlor suite wasn't helping.  Sitting was getting painful. getting up, a chore, and listening sessions were terminated early.  So I did some research and then some searching.  I am now firmly, and comfortably, planted in, a new to me, Ekornes Stressless recliner.  I got an older discontinued model because it had a shorter squared off back and height adjustable head rest. What a difference!!  I didn't realize how much enjoyment of the music was being lost to the squirming and fidgeting!!


So....your face is to the speakers, where is your backside? (Not necessarily ignoring you purely headphone listeners. Just a different ergonomic interface!)

Cheers,
Geary

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Reply #1 on: August 19, 2016, 08:31:29 AM
Makes sense to me.  A distracted brain can't listen well.
Jay

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Offline Hank Murrow

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Reply #2 on: August 20, 2016, 12:36:19 PM
Amen, Geary;

Recently, I found a Stressless Ekornes recliner in Black leather for $650 that makes each session a joy, and brings my ears level with the Blumenstein Orca's tweeters. The recent addition of a set of GIK room treatments in front, the corners, and behind the chair really evened out the frequencies in my room, adding to the superb sound I have always enjoyed from my all Custom BH system. Thanks to the traps, the BUF Sub's bass has very even response, and the wall panels helped to diffuse and even out the mids and early reflections. The sidewalls needed no treatment because of the doorway on the right, and no wall to the left. I won the GIK set on "Enjoy the Music"s site, shot the room with Amarra software, and set it up as in the pics. I strongly recommend GIK panels if you can't build something like the BHeadquarters treatments.

Cheers, Hank in Eugene OR
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