What are your favorite speaker finishes?

Rosewood glossy or matt for me. Second choice glossy black. These colors seem to go with everything.

Dust some of the best loudspeakers I've
picked up where covered with it.

I love a good wood finish on a speaker, especially some of the more exotic ones. Though I"m not a fan of the exotic finishes that seem to traverse into "gaudy" - a personal call of course.

One of my favourite finishes is the ebony wood used on the latest Thiel speakers, and also some of their amber wood finishes.

Least favourite is cherrywood (next to plywood I guess). Although it can occasionally come in some more interesting grains, usually cherry is the definition of "bland" to my eyes.

I also dislike oak. Maybe growing up in the 70's conditioned me to perceive it as cheap and cheesy.

Big fan of any really figured woods, Birdseye maple is a favorite of mine. Also like Rosewood, Yew, Ebony.. I also like some of the super deep looking high gloss finishes.

I had Casta model A's with a brown grain gloss. My new Casta model C's will be in the same finnish in a birch wood. Absolutely stunning look. Very rich and earthly and the feel is very smooth and silky.