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Spaces
People who own a flagship headphone tend to build a place to listen to it. This sheet is the rest of that room: where the headphone rests, where you sit, and what keeps the room quiet around you.
- Objects
- 15
- Stands
- 4
- Room
- 11
- Prices
- Maker list, USD
Stands
Where the headphone rests between sessions, in solid wood or machined metal, shaped so the headband keeps its form.
- GrovemadeWood Headphone StandAmerican walnut, veg-tan leather, 304 stainless steel, cork feet, made in USAHand-molded vegetable-tanned leather forms a bowl that cradles the headphones, and the 2.25 lb weight keeps the stand stable.from $220
- ABYSS HeadphonesThe STANDAluminum frame, steel base, solid hardwood (walnut, cherry, sapele), made in USAA heavy steel base and low center of gravity give a 2.4 kg stand, 31 cm tall, that resists tipping.$499
- Audiophile Headphone StandSingle piece of solid walnut, oak or black ash, made in ItalyMilled from one piece of solid wood, then hand-sanded and finished, with lateral air channels for ventilation.from $299
Woo AudioAdjustable Headphone StandAnodized aluminum, black or silverAll-aluminum stand with an arm adjustable from 11 to 14 inches and a 3/4-inch-thick base.from $180
The room
A chair worth an album, treatment that reads as architecture, and furniture that holds the system without fuss.
- Eames Lounge Chair and OttomanSeven-ply veneer shells, die-cast aluminum base, leather, made in USAChair and ottoman are hand-assembled in Michigan, with individually upholstered, replaceable cushions.from $7,745
- Womb ChairFiberglass shell, plywood platform, steel rod base, leather or fabricA reinforced fiberglass shell on a plywood platform, padded with polyester fiber over a foam core, on a steel rod base.from $6,463
- Acoustic Art PanelsAbsorptive core, custom-printed acoustic fabricHand-made absorber panels rated NRC 1.05, printed with your own image or a library artwork, and GREENGUARD certified.from $199
- ArtnovionAtlantis FlowMarine-grade plywood frame, acoustic suede fabric, calibrated-cell acoustic foam; natural wood finishes such as birchA sequence of alternating slats forms a QRD-based diffusing face over the absorbing core.Price on request
- VicousticWavewood Diffuser Ultra MKIIExpanded polystyrene (EPS), high-pressure laminate (HPL), MDF; Brown Oak and Natural Oak finishesUpdated version of the Wavewood Diffuser Ultra, supplied with VicFix Mini fixings.€339
- GAIA-TITAN NeoIsolation feet for heavy loudspeakers and subwoofers, sold as sets of four: Theis Neo to 320 lb (145 kg), Rhea Neo to 420 lb (190 kg), Cronos Neo to 620 lb (280 kg); 8.5 mm integrated height adjustmentOnly the lower isolator touches the floor, and NRC Canada testing of IsoAcoustics isolation showed less cabinet vibration than spikes with consistent response from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.Price on request
- USM x Symbol Vinyl Storage Cabinet x1Powder-coated steel panels (pure white, anthracite grey, golden yellow, steel blue, graphite black), chromed tube frame, made in SwitzerlandThe flip-bin front lets records be browsed like a record-store crate in a 15 inch square footprint.$1,563
- QuadraspireSVT Performance HiFi RacksSolid bamboo ply shelves (cherry, black, dark, natural), solid aluminium columns and feet, made in UKMade in Britain since 1995, now at a factory near Bath.Price on request
- Armchair 41 "Paimio"Form-bent solid birch lamella frame, form-pressed birch plywood seat shell, made in FinlandAalto designed it for the interior of the Paimio tuberculosis sanatorium in 1932.Price on request
- CH445 Wing ChairStainless steel base frame, solid beech frame under the upholstery, leather or fabric upholsteryWegner designed it in 1960 and Carl Hansen & Søn relaunched it in 2006.Price on request
- pp19 Papa Bear ChairSolid wood frame (soap-treated or oiled oak or ash, cherry, walnut), upholstery of cotton, palm leaves, tow plant fibre, horsehair and coil springs, made in DenmarkDanish craftsmen spend a minimum of two weeks hand-building each chair.Price on request