I like the aesthetics of this chair.Did anyone get to try the Gamut Lobster? Looks stunning but at a price!
Now that is a useful tweakThis is a chair I rebuilt the back to not have the head rest full width. I also built the foot stool to match the chair.
The chair is by Vanguard and is called the Woodley Recliner. There are more pics on my members page. It is entitled "My Happy Place"
The couch looks beautiful Congratulations!
Would it bother you to sit on a center seam?
I think a center seam is worse on the back than on the bottom, but I don't know. There is just something odd to me about sitting in the center of a two cushion sofa, so yes, it would bother me. I can't be sure about the lack of comfort though. It was fine for a few minutes in the showrooms, but long term during a listening session, I'd prefer a center cushion. The other consideration is scale. In a small old room, a two cushion sofa might appear too big. The salespersons referred to 74" two cushion sofas as "loveseats".
I just ordered this 74" dark brown leather three seat sofa for our listening room/living room. The challenge was to find a fairly small sofa that has three seats/cushions so that when I am listening alone, I am not sitting on a center seam. Most sofas this size have only two seats/cushions and the sofa needs to be centered in the room due to windows, etc. Our room is small with low ceilings in a 230 year old house, and most furniture these days seems large for big rooms with high ceilings in new homes. Almost all 3-seat sofas we found were 82-94" long. It was a difficult search. This was one of three that fit the criteria. It should arrive in about a week.
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Definitely recommend the Ekornes Stressless chair. It's been my "reference" for well over a decade. However, the big one shown in the photo puts my ears below the top of the chair back, which is not good. The very bottom end of the Ekornes line works best for me as it puts my ears above the back. You have to sit in it to know which is best but you definitely don't want your head cushioned in the seat back. Comfortable? Yes but not good for sound IMOI have been looking for the perfect listning chair, one that is relaxing, comfortable and with the height of the chair below the height of my ears
There are some amzing (and very expensive) chairs
I am interested in what you use and what recommendations you might have
So far I have found
http://www.ekornes.com/us/stressless/stressless_recliners/
http://www.thosmoser.com/product.detail.php?category_id=32&family_id=&product_id=1419
Thats why I bought my chair Mike. Found it in Roche Bobois in NYC and it is the best chair I have ever had in my sound roomDefinitely recommend the Ekornes Stressless chair. It's been my "reference" for well over a decade. However, the big one shown in the photo puts my ears below the top of the chair back, which is not good. The very bottom end of the Ekornes line works best for me as it puts my ears above the back. You have to sit in it to know which is best but you definitely don't want your head cushioned in the seat back. Comfortable? Yes but not good for sound IMO
Thats why I bought my chair Mike. Found it in Roche Bobois in NYC and it is the best chair I have ever had in my sound room
The back is so low that I was shocked how much the sound improved over my last chair when the back of the chair reached to the shoulder level