Best furniture to act as bass trap

Leather can be more reflective in the high end.

One trick is to use old speakers, especially corner speakers like the Klipshorns.

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Based on what Erik stated, a leather couch may be a better bass trap.  The harder leather surface may act more as a "membrane" -- this is typically used in bass traps as a more effective way of absorbing lower frequencies and at the same time reflecting higher frequencies.  Look at specs for 703 FRK fiberglass panels (that use a foil type membrane on the front).

I think the above poster is thinking of a Tuned Membrane Bass Trap.  This is, of course, tuned.  The couch is not.

@rand-11  - yeah, totally understand.  It's not a tuned basstrap.  However, the 703 FRK is not a tuned bass trap either.  I'm just trying to say that there's some element of more efficient bass absorption when you place a flexible reflective material in front of a highly absorbive material (i.e. the 703 FRK).  It's not going to be perfect and it's not going to be a "tuned bass trap", but I would error on the side that there may be some benefit to the leather couch over the cloth couch. :)

The membrane better converts the longer wavelengths to heat energy than does the absorptive material.