What's up with the 'Piano' gloss????

I agree, people today just do not know the difference between different types of wood much less formica laminates. I have read ads that say walnut or cherry wood when really it is the stain color not the wood. Many Klipsch speakers are made with Birch ply and stained oak, cherry or walnut. I have a dead beat seller right now who put up a pair of speakers and listed them as cherry but they are walnut. As to black laminate, if people want to call a formica counter top high quality well I guess a VW is a Porsche.

I'm about to buy an unfinished plinth and want to do it in piano gloss black. Anybody have tips for me?

I think speakers look great with a piano gloss finish.
However, I prefer my pianos' to have a nice wood veneer, like a a Quilted Big Leaf Maple.

Chers,
John

Jab, I haven't seen too many speakers covered in formica. I think you mean vinyl wrap.

I have a pair of Verity Audio Fidelio's. I saw and demoed a pair in high gloss black-----then I saw a pair in the makore wood finish which is a big $$$$ upgrade. They are to die for in the makore finish. I guess black is good if you like the modern look, but I could not pass on that knock out wood high gloss finish that Verity does. To each his or her own--it's really about the sound they reproduce-----------