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

@corelli true BUT,you can always turn the lights off so as to not be distracted by a beautiful finish,you can NOT however make an ugly finish disappear in the daylight.

For wood Cherry

for Genelec Raw 

@freediver  Given my dedicated audio room has no windows by design, and the only thing I use it for is music, and I always listen with very little lighting, your point is  moot in my case.  The "ugly" finish is actually very pleasant and functional and maximizes the return on my audio dollar.  Now if someone has the resources to do otherwise, I would never take issue with that.

As I stated in my initial post, I quite admire a beautiful wood veneer finish and in fact enjoy that in two other systems in my home.  In those cases, decorative considerations come into play.  For me, it's all about context.

Like Grandma used to say, to each his own.

Wow in reading these posts never realized how many possibilities there are.

In my Audio Room: High Gloss Black, High Gloss White, High Gloss Silver, High Gloss Grey. Heck, I may even like High Gloss Red or Blue.

But the wood grain finishes to me, look better in a formal living room type setting.

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