Fake plants behind speakers a good idea?

Funny that this thread topic just came up.

A week ago I bought a pair of speakers and set them in the same place as the old pair of speakers that they replaced. Sure, I adjusted them a few inches. A little toe-in here, an inch or two forward there, etc. They sounded fantastic.

We are going to be painting the room this weekend so I started moving furniture and plants out of the room first (the system was the last thing to go). Sure enough after moving a 4 foot tall potted plant from the right rear corner (about 2 1/2 feet to the right and 2 feet back from the right speaker), the bass got really boomy.

Now you tell me, does a 4 foot potted plant with a ceramic pot equate to a bass trap? I dont think so.

But damned if it did not have a major effect on the sound.

I kid you not, I believe the a Japanese man/company has discovered how to make living plants play music! That would be way cool. I remember seeing it on the web...
That would make for surreal surrounds.

I once had real plants around my left speaker. A friend brought a Crown RTA over. When I looked at the output, all I saw was a comb filter effect. I said what is this? He said let us remove the plants. Afterwards, there were still problems, but the comb filter was gone.

I should say these were big leaved plants. Maybe a Boston fern would not do this. I have no plants in the room where I have my system.

the best plants to have around your speakers are ones you can smoke! ha ha! at any rate...happy listening!

I once had some fake plants that played music. They sounded better when I put some speakers beind them.