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

Cherry on my B&W 803 and Rosewood on Silverline.  The new speakers use Ebony gloss like Elac Vela or Wharfedale Elysian.

My favorite loudspeaker finish is the same as my favorite automobile finish: hot rod black, the color 1950's hot road enthusiasts (including guitarists Jeff Beck and Danny Gatton) use on their rods. I painted the enclosures I made for my Rythmik and GR Research subs with the rattle can paint offered by tractor company John Deere. The black color they make exhibits a very cool (to me at least) sheen half way between flat black and satin.

Birds Eye maple is my favorite wood, lucky to get it in my Volti Riva

Daedalus Poseidon - woodwork like fine furniture

Bird's Eye Maple is quite nice.  I had a linestage whose wooden case was made of solid bird's eye maple (not a veneer).  It was quite pretty.  

While I love a furniture grade wood finish, decor changes over the years have caused the wood finish color and type to clash with remodels and color changes. This happened to a beautiful set of speakers I still own and love but they have been moved out of our main listening room.

Gloss Black will always match any decor my wife chooses so is my favorite long term finish.

For the Basement Theater, matt black to minimize reflections in a dark room.