It doesn't matter where you sit as long as it is comfortable. To be completely honest, palpable presence, visceral impact, and tonal balance are all best enjoyed with an excellent bottle of wine. Doesn't sound so good? Take another drink. You'll never have the urge to swap a cable in the middle of a session again.
What do you sit in when listening to your system?

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Dead-center middle of the sofa is the sweet spot of our home theater. However, an awful lot of listening is done in my office chair, a dining-room chair, and airline seats. (I frequently work at home, we always have music playing when taking meals, and I travel a lot.)

I use an uncomfortable, thin vinyl-over-a-metal-frame chair because I've been too lazy to buy anything else. I first tried a vinyl covered normally stuffed chair, but the high-end response changed dramatically from sitting forward to resting my head against the chair - none of THAT!

I use an uncomfortable, thin, vinyl-over-metal-frame chair because I've been too lazy to buy anything else. I first tried a vinyl-covered, normally stuffed chair, but the high-end response changed dramatically from sitting forward to resting my head against the chair ---none of THAT!

The true test of a good system is (believe it or not) how it sounds when you are in another room. When I turn my big rig on in the main room, I never sit in front of it. Heavens no. Rather, I excuse myself to the bar in my kitchen, where I stand and enjoy the "band in the next room." Really, it sounds like I'm standing in the back room of some backwoods honky tonk. I guess the two rooms are put together in such a way so as to create a magical and unexpected interplay of sounds. Some would say I compromise imaging, etc. I don't know about that. I do know it sounds realistic, if not a bit raucous. Chairs are for wimps.

Well, there, YOU said it---when I listen to music I will go to the fridge, grab a Molson or Moosehead, go back to the listening room, go directly to the stereo stand, grab the remote(s), and then plop my ass right down in my La-Z-Boy. Sheeeiitt, this IS the American Dream. You all better wake up and come on in?!

i've got a brick fireplace with a raisedshelf under the hearth. it's a sort of brick bench. So, if I'm not settling in for a long listeneing session that will require moving an armchair to the sweet spot, I put a gardener's neeler pad down, and settle in for a few choice cuts

I use one of the modern classics of contemporary design---the Charles Eames leather lounge chair---placed right in the sweet spot. Articulated design, molded plywood/veneer. A pretty comfortable chair, perfect for those with modern decor. Black leather, of course. Check it out at hermannmiller.com!
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