Mchuckp, I feel pretty much the same way you do. In the end, the small amount of wood that goes into the veneer of a speaker is almost inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. I wouldn't go out and buy an endangered species that was recently harvested, but I'm also not going endlessly worry about the carbon footprint equation of every wood I might consider for a speaker. There is a sane middle ground. If you stick with things like maple, cherry, walnut, elm, hickory, or any North American hardwood, you can sleep easy at night I think. All of these are sustainable resources that come from our corner of the world and you help the local economy. You don't have to worry about them coming from a logging operation controlled by a corrupt military junta in South America or Southeast Asia.