I prefer semi-gloss myself ... High gloss shows too many finger prints, dust, etc ... but when polished ... it can be awesome. Also if the speakers are surrounding a TV or screen the reflections might pull the eye to them. Not to mention raise the ambient a bit.
That's why all the speakers in the media room are satin. Even the ALFRs which I debated about since I really wanted them in semi ... think axiom felt the same way as they seem to be something between satin and semi ...
For me, the rosewood expresso seems too dark and hides the look of the rosewood ... think you can get the same effect in a different wood and save some money. Also as far as my stain on the LFRs, I regret not changing the media room's color scheme to fit the natural santo rosewood color as I think that would have shown the wood off better.
