Read more on PRF The price reflects selected options CA, East Palo Alto Go to Swivel chairsFind the right laptop table or supportJoin Date Mar 4th, 2008 Location The Hills, OR Posts 285 Car(s) The best car... in the world. What are you guys using for gaming chairs?? The ergonomics are modeled after a Starion for true authenticity. The seat is a 1989 Mitsubishi Starion seat from a set I'm not using. It's not finished yet!! I have some stain for it, oh yes. ____________________________ Join Date Nov 15th, 2006 Location New Jersey, USA Posts 432 Car(s) 2001 Impreza RS Rep Power 22 I have a bit of a budget setup: The seat is a Sparco of some sort that I picked up from a friend of a friend who was respeccing a race car for new rules. The seat was a little damaged, so I had to fix it, but now it's as good as new. I repurposed the base from an office chair so it could be moved around and have adjustable height. Instead of a stain I covered the wood in the base (a piece of plywood to convert from the office chair bolt points to the Sparco bolt points, not shown) with a bit of black cotton, to give everything a more consistent look.
Last edited by P5138; January 15th, 2011 at . Join Date Dec 15th, 2006 Location Sydney, Australia Posts 929 Car(s) AE111 Trueno Daily thing Rep Power 37 I'm using a kitchen chair with a pillow on it. It helped me beat the X1 challenges, so haters gonna hate. Designz Inc. Join Date Jul 3rd, 2008 Location MA Age 23 Posts 6,359 Car(s) 2002 Audi A4 1.8t Rep Power 153 I'm using a Staples® /Sealy® Posturepedic™ Geneva Chair that isn't even comfy anymore, all the memory foam in the seat has moved to the side. I've been looking at a POÄNG from Ikea for when I finally build a decent set up. ____________________________ Join Date Feb 22nd, 2005 Location ze Vaterland Age 39 Posts 6,047 Car(s) VW Diesel of Death Rep Power 168 I use the best chair ever made: EDIT for Topgearfanatic: w00t!!! Last edited by the Interceptor; ____________________________The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt - Bertrand Russell
If you're going to stick your dick in crazy then make sure you know where all the exits are Join Date Jul 3rd, 2008 Location MA Age 23 Posts 6,359 Car(s) 2002 Audi A4 1.8t Rep Power 153 So I'll definitely be using it once I get a proper set up then, since it's the best chair ever. It's so incredibly comfortable, I can sit in it for several hours without getting uncomfortable in any way. Nice lower back support, too, so you don't have any back ache when you get up. Alright, I'm sold, I've been looking for a reason to go to Ikea again. ____________________________ Join Date Mar 4th, 2008 Location The Hills, OR Posts 285 Car(s) The best car... in the world. that Ikea chair looks nice. Mine has adjustable lumbar support, and adjustable side bolsters though!! ____________________________ Join Date Sep 17th, 2009 Location Neu-Ulm, DE Age 31 Posts 1,418 Car(s) 2011 Alfa Romeo 159 SW 1750 TBi TI Rep Power 107 Originally Posted by the Interceptor I use the best chair ever made:
EDIT for Topgearfanatic: w00t!!! This, but dark brown frame / red upholstery combo. It's great, though I wish I had a higher table or a wheel stand. ____________________________ Join Date Sep 20th, 2006 Location Hull, England Age 32 Posts 15,406 Car(s) Cactus and Panda Classic Rep Power 445 Similar to this, but with the the bottom half taken off. It sits on the bed. Join Date Feb 18th, 2007 Location Montreal, Qc, Canada Age 41 Posts 3,660 Car(s) Turbo wagon, Japanese touring triple Rep Power 183 I have a Poäng too (dark brown frame, black leather), but not using it that often for now, mainly play from the sofa. When I play with a controller I tend to lean myself forward, with my feet folded back under the chair, and the Poäng is really not comfortable in that position. But once I receive my G27 and wheelstand I'm probably gonna use it a lot more... Join Date Mar 9th, 2007 Location Massachusetts Age 26 Posts 11,674 Car(s) '10 RX-8 R3, '89 Toyota Blizzard SX5 Rep Power 213
Currently I'm using a bucket seat pulled from a late 80s Ford Bronco. I clamp the wheel to the computer desk.... I'll get a proper wheelstand soon and then look at upgrading to a new wheel. Join Date Dec 7th, 2005 Age 31 Posts 3,644 Car(s) '10 Toyota Matrix XR Rep Power 147 I have a green floral couch from the early '90s. ____________________________I love cock sauce. That stuff is delicious. hey,go drool somewhere else,don;t act a real cock here -somesay Now listening toevery #1 single ever. Join Date May 24th, 2006 Location Adelaide Age 28 Posts 370 Car(s) Mazda 929 Rep Power 37 I had a go-kart seat for a while, was brilliant /clarkson_smiley.gif Join Date Sep 17th, 2009 Location Neu-Ulm, DE Age 31 Posts 1,418 Car(s) 2011 Alfa Romeo 159 SW 1750 TBi TI Rep Power 107 Originally Posted by CrazyRussian540 IKEA FTW. I play on my IKEA Verner. Got it for $20 maybe 6 years ago. The Verner is my PC chair ____________________________ Join Date Jul 30th, 2006 Location Toronto, Ontario Age 36 Posts 1,102 Car(s) Generic Toyota Rep Power 35 Originally Posted by CrazyRussian540 IKEA FTW.
I have that exact same chair. It's what I use for gaming and computing. I just move the chair closer to the TV.The GamuT Lobster Chair (chair $4,995, optional matching footstool $2,590) is a billed as “the world’s first audiophile chair.” I will respectfully defer — “firsts” don’t really matter to me as much as “awesomeness”, and this chair is awesome. Michael Vamos tells me that the Lobster is a joint-venture with GamuT investor, the furniture maker Kvist (you can check out the original Lund & Paarman at various retailers), and modifies their “standard” offer with a special audiophile upgrade — a non-reflective headrest. The first high-end listening chair created to minimize reflections from the surroundings. Instead of having acoustic sound treatments on the wall behind and next to your listening position, the GamuT Lobster Chair effectively dampens these. The effect is dramatic – The soundstage becomes more precise and natural and the music springs to life in your living room.
The GamuT Lobster chair is based upon a Danish Design classic: The Lobster Chair, designed and manufactured by GamuT’s main share holder – Kvist Industries. Normally you can’t have a neck rest while listening to music, because you get a reflection from the material behind your ears, distorting the sound. But GamuT has created a unique acoustical damping material, resulting in an extremely effective sound treatment, while maintaining the Lobster Chair’s breathtaking beautiful design and comfort. Furthermore the shape of the wide headrest also prevents reflections from behind wall behind the listener to affect the soundstage, which eliminates the need for sound treatment behind the listener. The Lobster replaced a low-slung POÄNG chair from IKEA, and immediately, I appreciated the “lift”. Seriously, the POÄNG is a fantastically comfortable sitter, but it does bring my ears down a full 6″ or so from “optimal” for most loudspeakers — enough to be problematic, especially for beaming tweeters.
Not so for the swiveling Lobster — this thing puts my ears on perfectly for every speaker that’s come through chez moi. The ottoman matches the chair in all the expected parameters — comfy, svelte, and massive as hell. That base on the chair/ottoman? I’m pretty sure it’s iron. Well, steel, but the point is, the damn chair weighs 90lbs and the ottoman comes in about half of that. It’s heavy — don’t think a gentle shove is gonna move it around your listening space.So — this is a site dedicated to sonic joys, so I hear you muttering, “sure, but how does it sound?” Heh — the chair doesn’t “sound”. But the music, enjoyed from the hot seat? Well, let me offer that the sound stage of my current system is the best that I’ve yet heard. The leather is textured, the padding firm and tightly stuffed into bands mirroring the banded wood finish of the shell; the wood for each element of the contoured frame fits to the next with a slim band join, making the entire thing an articulated affair, very reminiscent of the delicious crustaceans for whom the chair is named.
It really does have this svelte, sculpted look that seems to be stereotypically upscale Scandinavian, with a luxurious matte-finish that feels delicious under the hand. The whole chair comes off as almost minimal but so purposeful and so damn sexy I can barely stand it. Taken as a whole, the entire structure looks like a Fabergé egg that’s slightly unpeeled or unhinged, the two elements (chair and foot stool) one very definitely connected whole. The organic nature of the construction is really hard to deny — this is very clearly the nicest, most elegant, piece of furniture in my entire home. Looking at it, it’s damn near impossible to not touch it, and then touching it, to not want to sit in it. The chair is full-sized, but not adjustable — you either fit or you don’t. At 5′ 11″, I fit pretty much to a “T”. John DeVore, visiting with his brand new Gibbon X loudspeakers, stands at 17′ tall (or maybe closer to 6′ 5″, but seriously, at those lofty heights it’s hard to tell the difference), and his ears easily clear the chair back.
You can shift around a little bit, scoot up or down, in order to make the fit a bit more appropriate — I’ve had plenty of luck that way — but there is no way to raise or lower the chair. Also note that this is most definitely not a recliner (or an Eames or even a POÄNG), and no one is going to mistake it for a second bed. The curvature to the seat is unsurprising, given the shape, but it does mean that the fit may be a bit challenging; don’t expect to be “carried off to sleep Nirvana”. About this, however, my 9-year-old daughter might disagree — this is her preferred perch for her weekly Minecraft tour. Again, I find a that with a bit of a shift-and-snuggle that me and my bigness can get all settled in and ready to roll … tape, vinyl or whatever. Comfortable, but not too much so, if that makes sense. The long and the short of it, this chair isn’t leaving — I bought it. Yes, most assuredly so. But unlike the rest of my audio gear, I have every reason to believe that this iconic chair will outlast everything else.