Your listening chair

"The Karuselli chair looks like the ottoman option might be gynecologist stirrups?"

Hahhhhh! Oh my god. My stomach hurts!

Say, I looked at that Calia Mondel Chair. Very nice. But which side does your head go on?

I have to say, I already know what that system sounds like "without" hearing and the word is "unencumbered".

At that close of a listening distance, you get some incredibly accurate sound transfer.

I am in the NF club and if you wish to hear more of the recording and less of your room distortions, it is one of the cheapest and best ways to elevate your system's perfromance.

I also have Eames lounge chairs in my room- they suffer two drawbacks, sonically. First, they have a headrest, so that's got to affect what you hear (or don't hear). Also, they are a little low- something that you may be able to account for in speaker set-up. I have not tested the sonic merits of rosewood vs. other materials :-), but I will note that since you can get a substantial discount from an authorized Herman Miller dealer, you are not going to pay much more for the real thing than for a good knock-off. (There are admittedly some cheap knock-offs, but what's the point?). Also, note that DWR, which until recently sold a good quality knock-off of the Barcelona Chair (aka the Pavilion Chair) is now only selling the real deal from Knoll. (FWIW, there is a resale market for the real ones, and not a meaningful one on the copies).

I'm thinking I ought to get an Ab-Lounge as my listening chair.

Good info Whart. For years, I had no idea the previous Pavillion/Barcelona Chair DWR was selling was a knock off. Although I suspected such when the price for a DWR Barcelona went from $1995 to $3495, and that doesn't include the ottoman.