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Rrog,

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

Forgot to clarify that my question is mostly concerned with bass control?

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....:-)
Mapman

You say that in jest, but if the top of the chair is above your head it does affect what you hear.
A few years ago my wife bought me a very nice leather chair for my birthday. When I picked up a low-back chair at a garage sale for $5, I was afraid it would hurt my wife's feelings if I moved the expensive chair to the side. The $5 chair made a significant improvement in the sound so it stayed.

Has anybody ever made some DIY "room Tunes" using Owens Corning 703? I was thinking of picking some up and sticking it in the corners and maybe ceiling wall junction points.

"You say that in jest, but if the top of the chair is above your head it does affect what you hear. "

Yes, in jest, and yes it is above my head (when not reclining) and yes can no doubt affect what you hear, leather or otherwise FBOFW, due to proximity to ears.

A cheap easy tweak to experiment with....