??? What Is Your Favorite Speaker Finish ???

 Last August I purchased a pair of Legacy Signature SE in an exotic Cabernet Sappele Pommele finish. To me , they are stunning. First time owning a high gloss finish, and I supposed they need to be babied more than a black oak, but boy are they gorgeous. The best part is my wife LOVES them. Oh, I absolutely love the sound also....

Not a fan of severe or wide grain finishes like zebra or tiger wood as I find them a little visually distracting although attractive in an exotic kinda way.  I really like the reddish-brown Sapele finish on Joseph Audio speakers.

Last August I purchased a pair of Legacy Signature SE in an exotic Cabernet Sappele Pommele finish. To me , they are stunning. First time owning a high gloss finish, and I supposed they need to be babied more than a black oak, but boy are they gorgeous. The best part is my wife LOVES them. Oh, I absolutely love the sound also....

@winoguy17  Ages ago I had Legacy Signature III in rosewood (not gloss). The finish was stunning - they nailed it! Sort of regret selling those. Sapele is a lovely wood too, similar to Mahogany. I really enjoy woods with rich deep reds & browns. I trust Legacy is doing even nicer finishes these days. 

I have an older SOTA turntable with Koa wood chassis and that’s probably my favorite wood - it’s highly iridescent in light. But it might be too distracting over a large speaker, and it’s hard to get now. 

To me, rosewood walks the perfect path between coarseness and refinement in my pine/oak listening room. The rosewood speakers stand out sufficiently from the background to announce their functionality, but harmoniously so, whereas high gloss or metal would be visually jarring. In a different setting, with a different atmosphere, high-gloss woods or even Magico metal might be just the thing. Conclusion: my favorite speaker finish is the one that best fits its surroundings.

My favorite wood finish is probably eucalyptus though I don’t currently own any speakers of that finish.