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Listening chair suck-out

Oh brother. I've been placing acoustic panels here and there in my room in order to deal with various reflection-based frequency anomolies, with remarkable success for the most pary. I use an SPL propped up with a tripod to the listening position, which happens to be in a comfy stuffed leather chair The chair eats 165Hz! About 25dB of it, to boot (from about 75dB down to 50dB). If I put the mic at the listening position sans chair, there is no suck-out at all. It is definitely the chair. Anyone have tips for building a marble throne?
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timrhu
2,779 posts
 
I had the same problem with a high-backed leather chair so I opted for a low-back chair with excellent results. To get clarity in the higher chair I needed to sit up straight to get my ears above the chair back. No more muddled sound and I don't feel any less comfortable.
The bummer is my wife bought me that chair expressly for my room.
xti16
1,525 posts
 
Forgot to mention get a good comfy seat and seal it shut so no one mistakes it for something else.
ptmconsulting
1,000 posts
 
Definitely look for a chair that does not extend higher than your shoulders. Your head should not have anything immediately behind it, otherwise you will hear that suckout.

Enjoy,
Bob
der OP
38 posts
 
Porcelain! That's it! It would go well with the magazine rack, and the back doesn't extend above my shoulders. Most significantly, we all know from experience that those things don't absorb low frequencies! Yeah!
acoustat6
357 posts
 
Hello, My chair goes about half way up my back and is yet still comfortable enough to sit in for any amount of time I listen. Would be best to keep it below your shoulders and the lower the better.

Bob
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