Black Ash.....


...is the speaker finish that never should have been allowed to escape the bowels of hell. It is the parkay floors of speaker finishes.

Black Ash is the universal declaration of "cheap-#ssed speakers" or, even worse, if chosen as the finish on even a relatively expensive or quality speaker, it’s the sign that the purchaser has lost his mind or was likely wearing cargo shorts, socks and sandals at the time of purchase.

Where do you stand on this?

You are either with me or against me.

prof
Buy a high grade oil paint in your favorite color, then search out a quality
finish painter like Michelangelo and you'll have something you picked!
After 5-6 coats you may find the black wasn't so bad after all!


Black wood sucks. Where in nature do you find black wood ?
i had a used pair of Joseph audio speakers (RM25] once and the black rubbed of the edges where your palms would rub on the top corners when you would move your speakers around to position them, and it exposed the fiberboard underneath. They were really done bad. I Would never by black wood grained speakers again. 
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Walnut or rosewood for me. Although harbeth has a beautiful olive wood finish on some of their anniversary speakers...