What is your favorite speaker wood or veneer?

Hi David, I love burl walnut. Speaking of looks, why not do something about those Teal echo busters? Recover them with a warmer silk pattern or maybe have a local artist paint a van gogh or maybe a monet? You have an excellent rig and room, I think that would look nicer against the brick wall. JMO, Regards John

You should go into Salk Sound and look at the work he does on hand crafted speakers .He builds them them all by hand and his cabinet quality is unbeleivable.He has many pictures of his speakers with all different veneers.He even has a step by step view of his speakers being built...
My choice is walnut!

If you love maple - take a look at Sonus Faber.
I have had the Amati's in violin red & now have the Stradavari's in graphite.
Even through the 7 coats of lacquer you can see all the beauty & grain of the wood.
I have never seen a finer finish on any speaker.

I like the deep red stained Maple of Sonus Faber Anniversarios and Stradivarius. Other interesting finishes can be found by going to the Avalonacoustics.com site and finding their page of different speaker finishes.

For darker stained wood, I personally like Tiger Maple. For lighter stains, I like Tiger or Birdseye Maple.