FINALLY Found A Listening Chair I Want

[pjwd]

No, never tested. I am going by theory here.

But, for me, it is one of those things where it seems so intuitively obvious to me that I would not want reflective leather an inch behind my ears, that even if I could not prove the theory with A/B testing I still would be uncomfortable with it and have difficulty relaxing.

Thanks Ron
I think somewhere on this thread I showed a ray trace diagram that indicated very little reflection from a relatively narrow head rest .. your head does quite a bit of masking of the reflective surface and the seat is often rounded as well as soft so most reflections are away from your ear.
I have done tests myself and with pals and we detected no change of sound with height of back.
I could imagine your perception of the reverberent field may change in an exceptionally precise acoustic space but for most of us
The first reflections of walls, ceilings and floors would completly overwhelm these subtle differences.
As most agree acoustic music in a hall is the ultimate reference it is interesting to note that echograms taken in seating locations in halls show a sea of reflections from surronding seats and shiny noggins all around .. so its familiar territory

In any case I vote for comfort

Cheers
Phil

 

[Cohnaudio]

I couldn't find a chair I was really happy with, so designed and built this chair. Very comfortable and there shouldn't be any bad reflections. I'm considering putting on a very small headrest, just behind the head

 

[Argonaut]

I couldn't find a chair I was really happy with, so designed and built this chair. Very comfortable and there shouldn't be any bad reflections. I'm considering putting on a very small headrest, just behind the head

A most stylish design and beautifully made , vous tire mon chapeau.

 

[MikeHorns]

I think that Steve Williams agrees with the OP that the ideal listening chair should not extend above the listener's ears:

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I wonder if he has one of these at home.

He often sits on that chair to watch this music video, again and again...

 

[AMR / iFi audio]

I couldn't find a chair I was really happy with, so designed and built this chair. Very comfortable and there shouldn't be any bad reflections. I'm considering putting on a very small headrest, just behind the head

Great job! A headrest for this would look perfect. Hard to believe it's been hand-built!

 

[Cohnaudio]

Great job! A headrest for this would look perfect. Hard to believe it's been hand-built!

Thanks. Actually built 5 of them

 

[Halydean]

Wow I have chair envy. I need to get rid of the big sofa!

 

[Hilroy48]

Wow I have chair envy. I need to get rid of the big sofa!

The room sound will change when you get rid of the sofa as well. Mine did dramatically.

 

[Halydean]

The room sound will change when you get rid of the sofa as well. Mine did dramatically.

I can't wait to get rid of that thing. Occasionally (1% of the time) my wife will sit and listen with me. So I may have to think of a creative solution or settle for a streamline loveseat and just learn to live with chair envy.