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Dumb question? WHAT IS YOUR SEAT/ CHAIR?

I am starting the build of a dedicated room, and I am deciding on which seats to use. I am very fond of the Jacobsen egg seat, which is a rather tall one person chair made of fiberglass, with cushioned fabric:

http://www.furniturestoreblog.com/images/arne%20jacobsen%20egg%20chair%20by%20fritz%20hansen.jpg

My only concern is that the seat is about the same height as the top of your head when seated, so your ears are "blocked" from the rear reflections/echoes/etc. Has anyone experienced with different seats/couchs and noticed any noticeable difference? Should I only worry about what is coming from the front? Or should I be worried about losing the rear reflections?

These are very comfortable to actually recline on them, and would suit my deco a lot!

Thanks for any input
Demian
demianm
chopss
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Just "restored" a Selig/Plycraft Eames pirate/knock-off/fake with new high desity foam. Worst thing ever for my rapidly depleting social life.
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
Another vote for the Ikea Poang. Inexpensive, comfortable, and supportive.
One important sonic factor for when looking for chairs is to ensure your ears will be above the chair back. I found this out when I switched from a leather recliner to the chairs pictured in my system page. A huge sonic improvement.
danlib1
819 posts
 
Ekornes for me- bought it in 1990.
mr_hosehead
210 posts
 
Another vote for the dirt-cheap IKEA chair in the den (bought on a really, really big sale). The height is right, it's reasonably comfortable, and I can easily swing in the monitor & keyboard rig over the chair arm so when I have to do work crud it doesn't have to be an all-work-no-play moment...
magfan
1,583 posts
 
Everybody's Butox is different. I'm not tall, and have short legs.
I find I can 'fit' the Steelcase Leap so I could just about live in it.

I'd recommend going to a seating store specialist and doing trial sits in a bunch of chairs.

Here is link to Steelcase main seating page::
http://www.steelcase.com/en/products/category/seating/lounge/pages/grid2.aspx

Some chairs come in sizes which may help.
My work, for example had the HumanScale 'Freedom' chair. I hated them and couldn't get comfortable, even in the few that were still working properly.
I also tried the Aeron Chair, but found the seat too deep and it caught me right behind the knees. No sale.
All above are 800$ chairs. Before you get nutty with leather and head rests.
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