What are your favorite speaker finishes?

Ebm, I see you post that response a lot; kinda ironic how your statement sums up your response quite well.

Just wondering what some of your favorite finishes are in part so that some of us may find some new finishes that we like, for instance Cocobolo... I had not seen that one before. I also like piano gloss black or white and bubinga.

Nice! Bocote wasn't one I had seen before either.

I'll add Piano Ebony on Monitor Audio Gold GX to the list also. The Rosewood on my Quad 22L2's were pretty nice also but the clear coat wasn't perfectly smooth like some speakers.

Musicpod, I looked up the grey color on sf speakers; it's actually called graphite and that is another color I have not seen on wood. Really pretty!

Why is Brazilian rosewood banned from being shipped to most countries?

I had never seen Brazilian rosewood and it is gorgeous!

Rja, interesting that you prefer a matte over a gloss finish; I would bet that the majority prefers gloss. I prefer gloss finishes but you make a good point that you like anything nicely figured; I agree.

The more character the better, in my opinion.

Also, what is the term when the veneer matches on both speakers? Is that called book matched? This is also a quality I like; when both speakers are tied together whether mirror or a continuation.

I think the Bubinga finish on my Monitor Audio GX50's is really pretty and I appreciate that it is one continuous piece of veneer all the way around each speaker.

I've looked up every speaker mentioned here and there are definitely some beautiful speakers mentioned. What I didn't expect was to see how many were on display in ridiculous homes.