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My chair is a leather easy from Crate and Barrel—very comfortable, but not so mushy that you fall asleep. Good for reading, too.
Reader dBruce wants to know where do you sit, lie, or hang when listening? What chair/couch (make & model) is great for listening?
It's one of those Ekorness leather swivel recliners placed in a relative near-field in a relatively big room. They advertise "stressless" and for about 20 years it is when the music gets right and the room's quiet. Comfort is good. Sometimes I listen standing at 15' behind the chair, enjoying the perspective change.
An Ikea Poang (sp?) with foot rest. Most comfortable chair under $2000 I've ever sat on. It is also my movie watching chair (I don't have the luxury of separate rooms for audio and video—if I did, I'd have two of these chairs). I've placed my speakers in as close to an ITU placement as possible around the chair and the sound is (relative to the quality of my gear) fantastic. I don't think I'll go without such a chair as long as they are available. Mine is almost 8 years old and is as comfortable as when new. Best $225 (chair and footrest and cushions—interchangeable) I've spent on a listening/viewing chair.
A combination of two things. Usually I sit in my computer chair, because it has wheels and when I'm lazy I roll over to my PC and back to the my sound bubble. I live in a studio apt so I also lie on my bed and have placed extra rear surrounds for watching DVDs. I prefer the chair, though.