So I finally did what I promised to do – I started my own audio company, Hephaestus Audio, and I have designed an amazing hand-crafted amplifier that is quite unlike anything out there and…why isn’t the phone ringing off the hook? Yup, inbox empty again, hmmm…
Now is the really challenging part of my dream: an interval where I am absolutely champing at the bit to show the world something where I really “did it my way”. It is an interval where I must not lose heart, or lose my voice for that matter, shouting from the mountaintop. This is the time that will determine if Hephaestus Audio is a name on the tip of every audiophile’s tongue, such as Pass Labs or Jeff Rowland Design Group, or another of the frightening percentage of new businesses that fail. Although, truth be told, I would rather “fail” at something I love than “succeed” at something I feel only lukewarm about.
For now, I am determined to work on educating my potential customers about my product, about switching amplifiers, and about audio in general, via this section and the philosophy section of the website, as much as I am able. However, something tells me I am likely to learn much more from them than they are from me.