Earlier I was even contemplating about making a Glass Stand as a Glass looks Aesthetically more pleasing and a lifestyle object, but I was advised otherwise, as Glass being a very heard substance would reflect almost everything. But on the other hand wood not being such a hard substance as Glass would absorb some and reflect some and that is what you want is what I was told, But then I was left with another question, will this theory of half absorbing and half reflecting get hampered if I apply a sheath in the form of Laminate on top of the wooden stand as I also can't just keep a Raw Wooden stand I have to decorate the raw wood with something. So I was told that you cannot even keep a Raw Wooden stand,from a Audio Physics point of view because even a Raw Wood absorb everything which is also what you don't want!! This is all only important because the speakers that I have has a down firing woofer (Bass Reflex) in to it, had it been not the case then it would not have mattered if it was glass or wood, laminate or not.