If your speaking aluminum (Hanks in particular) pick which one suits your eye, not ear. In hand the canarywood does give a higher front end, but it's apples and oranges. At 50 yards in the woods to my ear they sound darn near identical. I carry the padauk just because I like the "hair" of a deeper rollover the padauk gives, and also it just suits my eye. Gave the canarywood to my dad, and both have put birds in the dirt.
