I have three chairs in my listening room. One is a wooden rocking chair that has a padded leather back and seat. The other two are matching Ikea Pong leather chairs. So yeah many have criticized the finer points of deadened sound, reflecting and bouncing sound but hey.... it sounds great to me when I am listening with wine in hand or a pilsner. These chairs were not big buck items, just comfortable. Live and let live...
BTW I don't know who Michael Lavorgna is, but those Devore speakers are great, I have heard them with Line Magnetic amps. Very nice...