Best practices for speaker cabinet care


I have some black veneered b&w's -- cdm9nt -- never occurred to me to consider using some sort of wood cabinet conditioner on them -- i just have dusted them off over the years - and they seem to be 'fine'... but I saw a post about speaker cabinet care - using various brands of conditioner -- and started to think -- have I 'not' been doing what I should have been doing ... 

So - question -- what wood conditioners should I be using on my cabinets to ensure they are being cared for ?

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Showing 1 response by oddiofyl

Use caution on speaker finishes.   Most are fine with just a microfiber cloth.   Many modern finishes are water soluble and can be damaged with products made for unfinished or oiled wood.   

Sonus Faber is a good example.  Some are lacquer finished,  some are solid wood.   

Klipsch uses a very thin satin finish on Forte , Cornwall, Heresy and it's easily damaged.   

Black Ash veneer is almost always painted , not stained.     

I had CDM1nt and it was a cherry veneer that had a clear coat finish.     I always just dusted them with a  micro fiber cloth.