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I was driving by a furniture store that was closing/liquidating, and on an impulse buy I picked up a pair of Berkline 45088's for $1K.
I have been so focused on getting my system together (just addes Klipsch rf-82's to my rear stage...along w/ 52's, my front stage is RF-7's, RC 64 and 82's as wides...oh and 6 CHT 18 inch subs:)) that I never thought about seating.
I have 2 very nice Henredon couches and a Hancock and Moore chair but my living room is less that ideal for HT viewing.
So, I am selling one of the couches, moving another to my wifes TV room, and going w/ all single, HT seating. I am keeping the H an M chair, the 2 Berklines, and adding a H and M recliner.
For those not into furniture, Hancock and Moore are widely regarded as the best. They are handcrafted in North Carolina (unfortunately most furniture is now made in China...Berklines, a lower mid grade product are, and even Henredon, which used to be an upper middle grade, are made in China).
So I have been studying furniture intensively and I finally decided on a chair, the H and M 3032 which fits the best. I am going w/ something called a married cover. What that means is cowhide from the US is sent to China where it is tanned and pre-cut. It is then sent to H and M where they hand build the chair (8 way hand tied kiiln dried frames, etc).
I opted for the M cover because if I went w/ a European tannery, the chair would have been $3.5K or more. I got mine for $2K which is the limit of my budget. And the leather is butter soft anyway, H and M are still very careful even w/ their married cover chairs.
So who else has become interested in quality seating, or am I just becoming old and effeminate?
The chair is a dream to sit in.
I have been so focused on getting my system together (just addes Klipsch rf-82's to my rear stage...along w/ 52's, my front stage is RF-7's, RC 64 and 82's as wides...oh and 6 CHT 18 inch subs:)) that I never thought about seating.
I have 2 very nice Henredon couches and a Hancock and Moore chair but my living room is less that ideal for HT viewing.
So, I am selling one of the couches, moving another to my wifes TV room, and going w/ all single, HT seating. I am keeping the H an M chair, the 2 Berklines, and adding a H and M recliner.
For those not into furniture, Hancock and Moore are widely regarded as the best. They are handcrafted in North Carolina (unfortunately most furniture is now made in China...Berklines, a lower mid grade product are, and even Henredon, which used to be an upper middle grade, are made in China).
So I have been studying furniture intensively and I finally decided on a chair, the H and M 3032 which fits the best. I am going w/ something called a married cover. What that means is cowhide from the US is sent to China where it is tanned and pre-cut. It is then sent to H and M where they hand build the chair (8 way hand tied kiiln dried frames, etc).
I opted for the M cover because if I went w/ a European tannery, the chair would have been $3.5K or more. I got mine for $2K which is the limit of my budget. And the leather is butter soft anyway, H and M are still very careful even w/ their married cover chairs.
So who else has become interested in quality seating, or am I just becoming old and effeminate?
The chair is a dream to sit in.
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