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What is your listening chair?

I am sure this has been discussed some time in the past, but I am curious what kind of chair audio nuts are using out there...
Just sold two leather recliners and bought two leather Poang chairs from Ikea. They seem to be better for listening to music.
What say you? What is your listening chair? Why do you like it or not??
https://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/spr/29829136/
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amg56
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+1 Ekornes Stressless, although the bum has fallen out of mine. I have a couple of cardboard squares to support the cushion.

+2 Human Touch Zero Gravity Chair

I have a lot of metal supporting my vertebrae so I real need something special, which usually means expensive, darn it. That's another HiFi part gone begging...


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Just a very well worn but oh so comfy leather sofa which I have carefully positioned so my sitting position is right in the sweet spot. It is a lower back design so my head is above the back of the sofa and my ears are right about tweeter height.
Its a well worn cast off the wife will not have in any other room of the house any longer but works for me.
Have two other well worn and comfy sofas in the room too as prior to purchase of my Lyngdorf 2170 with its room correction I needed all the damping in the world to control the god almighty unruly bass generated in my listening room which is 3.5 walls of glass and a full tiled floor.
Yep I got the leftovers of the house for my stereo room...go figure.....
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After reading this thread, I went to Staples 40 chairs to choose from..They are cheap, but nice looking and I found something that fits me, I like the color... very nice...
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I also use a pair of the leather version of the Poang chairs.  I originally used the cloth cushions and maybe that is geoffkait's objection?  The leather surfaces don't absorb any sound.  At least to my ears they sound better than the cloth cushions.  Maybe I just like the leather better and have a bias.

My friend who comes over frequently, prefers to remove the head cushions.  He claims losing those improves the sound.  I don't hear any difference.  We're all different I guess.

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Re Poang chairs. It’s the foam used in their construction that’s the problem. It is the same type foam as used for Sonex acoustic foam squares or very similar. Sonex also hurts the sound, even a small amount in the room makes the sound all phasey and wooly sounding. “Sonex - The Industry Standard”  😬
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