How would you get into the biz?

@erik_squires There's a lot of good insight to be had here.

I often say: "Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want... wisdom is what you get when you've got a lot of experience."

As a marketing professional (albeit hailing from the IT industry with some background with CAD and CAM in the sporting goods trade), I have seen clients make many mistakes in their startup stage, particularly with regard to running before they walk.  In the unbridled enthusiasm to get going, the basics are overlooked, in a rush to "do something" they wind up in a place that they didn't want to be and had to spend money and time to back out of the corner they painted themselves into.

I'd urge you to take a month or two (longer, if necessary) and develop a thorough business plan - you know - "plan the work, then work the plan".  Use it as a roadmap for where you want to do and how you want to get there, tracking milestones along the way.  It will help you stay on course.  It will also serve you should you need Angel, VC or traditional bank financing at any point.

If you need help, let me know.  Sounds like a fun project.

The future is likely single ended flea watt tube amps, efficient speakers, and vinyl. Go future!

From your mouth to Gods ear !

Sounds like seanheis1 and whyowhy liked what I was looking to do...Ok, for those that don't get it,  read my 1st post.   We had  15, 10 and a 6 1/2 in versions.

I think we've reached a time when speaker boxes should consist of tapered tubes that are the theoretical ideal for absorbing the back wave.  B&W and Vivid have made very expensive speakers with this feature but I think it's high time more companies that aspire to make high-performing speakers get on board.  If I was considering starting a speaker company I'd definitely be looking for ways to create the ideal shaped box for a reasonable price. 

I doubt that there's any massive improvement coming in drivers since so many kinds of materials and techniques have been tried and refined already.  DSP is pretty refined at this point as well and I think a no brainer for any new speaker company.  Speakers should be active, crossover should be DSP, box should be tapered tube, drivers should be a bigger part of the overall cost of the speaker than they typically are.

I'm just a hobbyist but that's my fairly valueless opinion.