The chair arrived days before estimated delivery so the shipping is 5 stars. Assembly was also a breeze for me (you have to install both arm rests). They even included the allen key wrench needed to install the bolts. Overall I am very pleased with this product. I've gotten a few compliments on it already. I am 5' 11" 155lbs and it fits me perfectly. I researched a few other gaming chairs and the photos and specs on most others seem small like they are meant for adolescents/children only but not this one. It is also a great looking piece of furniture. I have seen other photos of this same chair on a pedestal so hopefully I can find and buy just the pedestal so later on I can make it into a chair of normal height then I will fall in love with it all over again. Moving on to the functionality of the chair, The speakers and sub woofer that are built into the chair are all I would ask for in a chair that looks as good as this one and sounds as good as this one with pretty decent comfort for well under $200 shipped to my front door. The audio quality when you use the included audio cables is very good and the sub woofer bumps just right not too much not too little. This chair just has so much awesome value that at this point if there were any minor flaws I wouldn't care. Just so long as the speakers keep working and I can still sit comfortably in it is all I want from this chair but it delivers more (it folds easily for storage for example). I am actually sitting in the chair as I am typing this review. I have music playing thru the chair from my iPhone at the moment. You can do stuff like that because they include all the audio cables anyone would need to plug whatever has an earphone jack or those white and red RCA cable ports into the chair. That means laptop, LCD TV, iPod/iPhone and anything else you can think of. One last shout of praise for the chair is how the speakers are hidden into the design of the chair and also the functionality of having them where they are. When you lay your head on the headrest if you happen to be listening to music or watching a movie it sounds like the person is inside your head if that makes sense. The stereo effect is very comparable to surround sound is what I'm saying and then add in the little rumble from the sub woofer that you can feel in your back equals smiles and pure rhythmic pleasure.Now for the cons that I can see after owning and using for a week (also reasons why it doesn't get the full 5 stars).The padding is a little thin on the chair. It is not plush at all in fact its a more on the firm side, again I still consider this to be a comfortable chair but looking ahead over years of usage or if you are moderately heavy, i could see how it may become firm like a wood chair because the foam will eventually wear out. My plan for this is to add a thin cushion to it for super comfort. At the present time, its no problem to spend 2 hours straight sitting in this chair. In fact, if you reclined it far enough you might even fall asleep!Speaking of the reclining ability of the chair it is great. Great in the fact there is nothing at all to stop you from kicking back too far and rolling over backwards. I don't mind this because my chair is in front of my couch so i use the couch as a pretty far backstop. Sitting and reclining in the chair normally won't cause it to fall over backwards, you would have to push yourself back that far on purpose. Also the wireless thing is worthless. I think I might have already thrown it away, I didn't even bother taking it out of the plastic it was wrapped in. As with ANY other gaming chair with built in speakers that supposedly have wireless they all suck because they use FM modulator which is not worth suffering from the poor quality audio. I don't mind running an audio cable to the chair because you have to plug it into the wall anyway. That's all I can think of that is less than perfect. I Would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a chair of this sort. Worth and every penny and did I forget to mention it is a good looking chair!!