Best furniture to act as bass trap

Once I got rid of my overstuffed, microfiber sofa with recliner on one end and chaise on the other, the bass and mids improved considerably. I thought the highs would be the main beneficiary but it turned out to not be the case. In fact, there was hardly any difference, if any. The size of the room plays a part as well and I listen in the near field so that was my situation.

All the best,
Nonoise

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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E

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. :)