Friday, March 11, 2011

Why You Should Buy Quality Home Theater Seating

There seems to be a detachment between furniture of yore and today’s furniture.  Some of today’s home theater seating, for example, bears a resemblance to the likes of consumer electronics and clothing.  It’s disposable.  The furniture industry seems to be focused on selling subpar furniture that predictably fails in a short period of time.  If you buy an inferior, inexpensive home theater seating unit with a usable lifespan of less than two years, it’s going to cost you more in the end.  You will have to buy a theater seating set every two years instead of buying a quality piece which will last for a long time.

Have you ever tried to find a blacksmith?  I’m not talking about blacksmiths that work in a metallurgy factory and use a hydraulic forging press.  I am talking about those supremely skilled artisans who use an actual hammer to forge metal like iron or steel; those who truly understand this art form.  It was and still is a true art to work iron into a supple form that could create exemplary swords, for example.  Many of these talented blacksmiths who were part of a great generation have passed away, their skill lost on those who succeeded them.  The meticulous attention to detail that goes into a piece of furniture is apparently lost on the mass market that appears to be driving the production of low quality furniture and this includes home theater seating. 

If the home theater seating frame is of poor quality and usually quality is associated with the price, it will fall apart quickly.  Poor structural components are unable to withstand the stress imposed on them with daily use.  One way a manufacturer can reuse scrap wood is to use finger joints to make longer pieces but having several joints over a short distance is asking for trouble.  Logic should tell you that a very inexpensive home theater seating set is not only produced using inferior parts but it will not hold up identically to a quality theater seating selling for more.

There are also inexpensive upholstery choices used on home theater seating which lower the cost of the final product, such as bonded leather, for example, but it is not the same as genuine leather.  If manufactured properly, the texture and grain of bonded leather will appear similar to genuine leather.  It may look and feel like genuine leather but it’s far from it.  Bonded leather is simply an upholstery material that is made of varying degrees of scraps of genuine leather bonded with other substances to give the appearance of leather.  The fundamental fact of bonded leather is that it’s essentially a polyurethane (vinyl) weakened with an organic matter and interwoven in the synthetic matrix.  In the end it’s not leather nor will it last the test of time like genuine leather.     

Inadequate and inferior foam and stuffing used in the low-quality home theater seating will shift, compact, and even break down.  Just like with everything else, foam has many different qualities that are reflected in the price of the product.  Quality foam used in theater seating will stay more comfortable and maintain its looks for a long time.   High-density foam will last much longer compared to lower quality foams, which crumble within months of purchase.

We are currently experiencing tough economic times and many purchases are solely price driven but do you really save in the end?  Home theater seating such as those found here www.furnitureoutletwarehouse.com/livingroomshometheaterseating-c-47_379.html will bring the sight and sound of the theater experience right in your very own home and if you’re going to shell out your hard earned dough, get your money’s worth by purchasing a quality product even if you have to do some management to get there.  You don’t want to waste your hard-earned money on an inferior product which you’ll have to replace every two years.