Your listening chair

GUys, our friend and fellow A'Goner Marco [Jax2] has that very chaisse lounge in his listening room. Another A'Goner in Toronto, Canada has one as well.

Here are some cheaper knock offs, Mitch:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Corbusier-3-Color-Chaise-Lounge-Rohe-Art-Deco-Bauhaus_W0QQitemZ4456771810QQcategoryZ3198QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/LE-CORBUSIER-100-ITALIAN-LEATHER-CHAISE-LOUNGE-CHAIR_W0QQitemZ4455118076QQcategoryZ3198QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Le-Corbusier-Style-LC4-Leather-Chaise-Lounge-Cowhide_W0QQitemZ4456329560QQcategoryZ20491QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Nothing at all wrong with an ottoman so long as it's not leather which reflects rather than absorbs.

-IMO

I use a classic Eames Lounge Chair, a rosewood base for both chair and ottoman covered with soft leather. Lushious superb comfort with negligable effect of acoustics. Unfortunately, rosewood is no longer available, so used chairs often sell for more than new ones, and both are pricier than the chaise. The Herman Miller Aeron also seems like a winner. A chaise is really uncomfortable except for napping.

If you're into clasic chairs, there are many cheaper knock-offs of the Mies Van der Rohe Pavillion Chair, as well as the Eames Lounge Chair -- the Eames is the more comfy.

db

Gunbei.....I called the chair folks in your last post. They are sending me leather samples. They will make me one in the color of my choice for no extra charge.

This chair will be wicked in my room.

....thank you very much for this tip......and the laughs in my other posts.

mitch

I have a nearfield listening position almost identical to the one in the picture link you provided. I even have the same chair and footrest! It's an Ikea Poang chair, with matching footrest, by the way. Very cheap and very comfortable.

I notice no difference at all if the footrest is moved.

If your ears have a clear line of sight to the speaker drivers, especially the tweeters, then there is no reason why the footrest should make a difference for the direct sound waves.

For the indirect sound waves, the closest sound reflections come from the floor in front of the speaker. Performance is generally enchanced if these reflected waves are minimized, by a carpet in front of the spekers for example. The soft surface of the footrest can perform the same function. So as long as the thing is not blocking direct waves, the footrest could actually be a helpful room treatment to the extent that it takes away some of the reflected waves that would otherwise come up from the floor.

So go for it.