Nasty slap echo

Grannyring, Is leather a reflective surface or not? Listen with your head against the back of your leather chair then place a blanket over the chair and listen again. If you can't hear the difference then I guess it is a non-issue for you, but I can tell you it is an issue for me. It has the same effect as having your chair close the back wall only milder. If you don't want to go through the trouble of getting up to get a blanket just lean forward a little and tell me if the sound doesn't clear up a little.

Oh man, that's an empty room, bare walls, nutten' to diffuse/deflect sound waves...hang some pictures/paintings and or heavy drapes to break up all that empty wall space.

I can imagine the echo in there being too much, like speaking in a big tunnel.

Oh jeez, now I gotta go and check my comfy Scan leather swivel/recliner I've been using for years to see if it is mucking up my sound....:-)

Rrog,

No, my Ekornes leather audio chair is not an issue. I suppose if the back went clear up to the top of my head it may be an issue. It does not.

I also have a leather couch in the room. I suppose I should a/b verses a cloth couch.

My room has many GIK absorption panels so I suppose the leather may be a good overall balance. Don't know, but the sound is very, very good indeed.

Rrog,

Question for you and others. Does the leather on my couch cancel the frequency absorption properties of the mass beneath it?