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.
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.