How would you get into the biz?


I'm really NOT soliciting here.

I'm just thinking about how VERY difficult the high end speaker business is. It is the electronic equivalent of opening up your own restaurant. Very hard, laborious, risky, and full of nefarious types. Kind of like the concrete business. :)

What do you think are the best and worst ways?

Best,

E
erik_squires
Best way - get an engineering degree and take 2 years (classical wave theory) of physics major physics; then take some acoustics courses.  Be sure to add classes in biology and psychoacoustics while reading everything Floyd Toole ever wrote in your 'spare" time.
Follow up with some time at the Oxford sensory perception lab, visit the top Brit-Fi manfs., for an internship, then intern at Magneplanar, Vandersteen and Revel.

Worst way - get a liberal arts degree, wave your hands and focus on woo-woo

Wurst way - visit Germany
Sorry Randy, I should have been more clear. :)

I meant, if you wanted to start your own brand. :)

Going back to my analogy, being a great chef, and running a successful restaurant are 2 different things. :)

Best,

Erik
Hi Erik,
Just about 18 Months ago, my old friend that started the old Marcof Electronics and myself came very close to starting a line... We were going to injection mold a cabinet and have powered speakers with Dac’s built in... I didn’t see any problem starting. Get a couple of reviews, , go to something like an Axpona and a RMAF and we’d be off and running.... Just a decision to grab dealers in this economy or sell online or distribute through online retailers. How you sell your product is the biggest challenge these days.