Further research revealed that it's not a piano black finish but a "high-gloss" black ash finish, hence the similarity.
ImcLoud - thanks for your verification about the sub being "very musical", since it will be used in a 80/20 mix of music/HT. You haven't steered me wrong yet.
BTW the Epos Epic 2 have really started to come into their own, especially after I ran the YPAO on the Yamaha AVR. I was running them straight and to be honest I would have preferred a little more in the high end like the Epos M12.2's, without the fatigue factor. Well I finally finished up the room yesterday, ran the YPAO, raised the treble by 1dB and now they're singing beautifully. I still stand by my past comment about how favorably they compare to the Dynaudio X12 but without the $1200.00 price tag. Danka sir.