Don't hurt yourself!
I will have thin carpet on the rear 2/3 of the listening room floor.
Ron's Speaker, Turntable, Power and Room Treatment Upgrades
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Don't hurt yourself!
I will have thin carpet on the rear 2/3 of the listening room floor.
Then you should get a TechDas AF1P - after 35 minutes untouched it stops spinning!
Sounds more like an audiophile
That is a nice feature, doesit have on/off for it? Hot flippers may find that annoying.
Yes, we can turn it off. It is only disturbing if you suspend the playback during a few tens of minutes just lifting the tonearm and then resume playing without touching the turntable controls - it can stop suddenly while playing a track. It happened to me and I was perplexed - yes, I know we should read manuals before using and it is clearly stated there!
I made a third visit today to a Relax-the-Back store.
I was able to replicate on the Lifeform Mid-Back Executive Chair with stretchy fabric upholstery (photo in Post #2168) the "butt wedge" which seems to suit me so comfortably on the Ekornes Stressless recliner. That Lifeform chair really is very flexible in its adjustability.
If I can sell my Ekornes recliner then the Lifeform is definitely my winner for my New Listening Chair Competition.
I was able to replicate on the Lifeform Mid-Back Executive Chair with stretchy fabric upholstery (photo in Post #2168) the "butt wedge" which seems to suit me so comfortably on the Ekornes Stressless recliner. That Lifeform chair really is very flexible in its adjustability.
If I can sell my Ekornes recliner then the Lifeform is definitely my winner for my New Listening Chair Competition.
Ron...Tinka has finally taught you Yoga.
Now.....breathe.....
Now.....breathe.....
It took me a long time to decipher exactly why I personally found the Ekornes Stesess recliner so incredibly comfortable. That chair, for me, to use MikeL's criterion, is a 12 hour chair. I figured out that it's the way my backside kind of gets wedged in there somehow without any pressure on my tailbone.
So I made a fourth visit to a Relax-the-Back today to test out my theory. I spent a long time comparing a Lifeform chair with the Euroglide mechanism, which is similar to the Humanscale Freedom chair mechanism, to the standard Lifeform mechanism. Even though I like very much the Freedom chair mechanism, and the Lifeform Euroglide pretty much replicates that balanced mechanism and feeling, I was able to replicate on the standard mechanism Lifeform chair the wedged-in sensation of the Ekornes.
So the search is over. At some point I will order the Lifeform mid-back height chair with standard mechanism in fabric upholstery. (The leather looks better but the fabric upholstery allows one to better experience the cushy-ness of the underlying memory foam.)
Auditioning chairs is, for me, a lot more fun than comparing the sounds of different connectors.
So I made a fourth visit to a Relax-the-Back today to test out my theory. I spent a long time comparing a Lifeform chair with the Euroglide mechanism, which is similar to the Humanscale Freedom chair mechanism, to the standard Lifeform mechanism. Even though I like very much the Freedom chair mechanism, and the Lifeform Euroglide pretty much replicates that balanced mechanism and feeling, I was able to replicate on the standard mechanism Lifeform chair the wedged-in sensation of the Ekornes.
So the search is over. At some point I will order the Lifeform mid-back height chair with standard mechanism in fabric upholstery. (The leather looks better but the fabric upholstery allows one to better experience the cushy-ness of the underlying memory foam.)
Auditioning chairs is, for me, a lot more fun than comparing the sounds of different connectors.
Congratulations on finding the chair you want. I'm quite curious about the wheels. Can the wheels lock or does one need to use their body to keep the chair from moving? Did you set out looking for a wheeled chair or you found a chair you like and it happened to have wheels?
Those are (apologies in advance) wheeley good questions Tim... Ron I’d think that a fixed chair (or low long lounge) offers also a potentially better outcome. Finding the ideal sweet spot is a fairly long process, and an easily moveable chair would maybe require putting tape marks on the floor.
Also then in terms of scale a single chair setup often looks (for me) a bit under scale and feel a bit underweighted and disproportionate in terms of the visual mass of the rest of the room. Something more substantial visually can feel better balanced relative to the mass of the speakers and gear in terms of balance, form and fit in the overall room design.
A lovely, long low L shaped lounge in the Minnoti spirit is really nice from a design perspective.
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Don't disagree with your thoughts.
Figuring the choice of a personal listening chair is intimate, I wanted to hear Ron's view without my own, so my question was not meant to be leading or a critique.
I would order the Lifeform chair with flat feet -- no wheels of any kind.
I prefer that the chair stays planted in place.
Yes buying the fourth copy of a album you already own, or trying out a fifth TT motor could be classified that way
Na, he's needs a herzan converted to a platform.
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