New Chair, Mixing Better Now?

man, I really need to do this. I'm putting up with the worst sort of chair.

I got one of the Costco mesh HM Aron nockoffs. It's great. One of the best parts is that the arm rests fold out of the way.

I feel where you guys are coming from. Every dollar spendable on gear always seems to be needed elsewhere. You can get a useable pair of SDC's, a good plug in, a sturdier mic stand, an audio rack, a decent power center, and on and on.

Even after posting this, I can't fully express how much better I feel about sitting down at my desk. It feels something like I came back from vacation and I'm looking forward to getting back to work.

I typically browse through Craigslist for just a couple of minutes a day. I enjoy seeing what's being sold, even if I'm not buying. I look at microphones, guitars, preamps, and I've been looking at desks and chairs. I noticed this chair in white a couple of months ago, but the seller was asking $250. I eventually found them new for $265. That was still too high for me, but I narrowed down my choices to two styles. When I saw this same chair in black at a sample sale at a dealer, I jumped on it.

The seller told me he had around 35 calls, but not many people follow through and make it to his office/showroom, I hustled over here. It wasn't a fancy place, really, a big office, not a store.

Here's what I think you guys should consider, I promise, you won't believe the difference this will make for you.

Look at Craigslist for 5 minutes a day, narrow down your preferences, put $50 aside so you can jump when you see something. You'll forget about the $50, and if you ned $25 more dollars to get something, it won't pinch too much.This dealer had other great chairs not shown in his add for $50, new, just that they were floor samples.

A year or so ago the guys from the office down the street were hauling a Areon with a cracked seat to the dumpster while I was walking the dogs, new seat bottom and it's my console chair!

I got a nice (probably faux) leather one from old Costco for a little over $100 and it was worth every penny. My studio partner and I each like to sit at different heights, arms come up if I want to overdub a guitar part or what have you.... Great investment. I was using a folding chair for a couple years before that. Ugh.

Rolling around to adjust outboard stuff also gives me an inflated sense of self worth

Carl Tatz Design is now selling an Audio Engineer-Specific chair in the USD $600.00 range. I recently got two nice chairs at Staples for around $150.00 each.

Great thread and posts... The more comfortable you are in your environment the better you mix! I also have a sepearated vertabrae l3/ l4 on top of my broken hip and leg stuffed with titanium and bolts. My Chair was a Xmas gift and I assume around the $150 -$200. When I first got it I was amazed, now it is very uncomfortable for me. It's not leather, it's almost like a bunch of strings wound tight where you sit instead of a cushion, so it gives a bit. Unfortunately sitting anywhere for more than 20 min becomes uncomfortable, and standing to mix is an option, I just don't see it as a smart choice for a couple reasons.

How did you bust yourself all up? You ok?

Man, that's just disgusting Chase. To leave someone you've injured is about as low as a human can get. Hopefully there's a little change left over for a new chair, you deserve it, and need it!

We are just a bunch of unlucky busted up old goats!
Lucky for me the spine is one of the few things not damaged! At least
No one has told me of any spinal damage!

My chair is a shortish bar stool with no back, which I use to force myself to sit up straight.  I had a mild cervical vertebrae injury back when I was 26 (my wedding day - don't ask.. just imagine ) that comes back to haunt me on occasion, and also have some lower back pain that I have to deal with, but reading this makes me SO appreciative of my health.