What s in front of your chair?

Rhljazz made the comment "Just buy a good comfortable scandanavian recliner and matching ottoman and sit back and enjoy." Bear in mind that if you do this, your system will sound different at each position of the recliner. Sitting straight up, your head will be higher (maybe not a bad thing!) than if you have the chair reclined. What's more, in the reclined position, your head is closer to the back wall, and sound can dance off your feet, so to speak. Even the angle of your outer ear in relation to the drivers will change. EVERYTHING makes a difference! I have a ceiling fan in my listening room, and even though I turn it off before I listen, I'm sure my system sounds different from one session to the next depending upon the orientation of the blades in relation to the speakers and my ears. What's an audiophile to do? Construct Sonex sleeves to slip over the fan blades before listening? Years ago an audiophile friend of mine had little pencil marks on the edge of the shelf his components were on, next to his listening chair. In retrospect, having the nice, shiny, hard, reflective components on his right side and open air on his left was not a good arrangment, but the fact is, he actually used those pencil marks as a guide for the positioning of his head in order to achieve differing results while listening. No wonder he gave up the hobby and took up computers. Now, THERE'S a hobby you don't have to be neurotic about. Right.

How about a barber chair on a motorized base? One could pull the lever to adjust the height, drive it around the room until the ideal spot was located and then retract the "landing gear" to set it on either spikes or Sorbothane feet!

Everybody above is extremely funny...
Guys, I don't mean to upset anybody's senssssityvity (OOPS the metal tweeter is acting up again), but it seems to me that the simple fact that somebody is concerned with that much of a difference in sound makes me wonder if any of us actually LISTEN TO THE MUSIC, AND NOT THE SOUND OF OUR STEREOS, excuse me - our SYSTEMS.
Just my 0.02

Lighten up, Val. A little levity (or levitation) never hurts. I'm sure we all take this seriously but it's also FUN.

I like the barber chair idea. Mine (my barber) is just a block away and perhaps I could talk him into cutting my hair in the living room. That way I could listen to music in between snips. In regard to the nose, mine is pretty big and I also have a large mole on the left side of it, that possibly effects the sound stage. I like it though (the mole) as it gives me something to look at when I am bored. I also agree with the beach chair. When I use our butterfly chair I have to lean forward (away from the wings) to get a good sound. When I use a folding canvas low backed chair (that is the property of one of our cats - Elliot's chair) I can just relax and enjoy the music. My favorite most comfortable chair is a folding wrought iron French Riviera one that has a heart shaped back, but it weighs a ton and I rarely use it anymore. Anything in between my chair and the speakers (other than rugs (over carpet) on the floor) seems to change/degrade the sound and I don't think that it's silly to be concerned about it. Afterall, it's a free tweak that's easy to remedy. My wife just asks that I don't barricade the front door with the stuff that I move, in the event that there is a fire.