Galaxy Audio was born out of Superior Sound operated by Brock Jabara and his partner Jim Pearce. After years in the audio business working with artists like Aretha Franklin, The Bee Gees, Asleep at the Wheel, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Jean Luc Ponty, James Brown, and countless others. Galaxy\\\\\\\'s first order of business was to find drivers capable of handling significantly heavier power loads than the 10-watt models then being used at the time. The OEM manufacturer added features usually found on much larger drivers: nonferrous and heavy-duty . With improved power handling capacity two drivers could do the work of four, and the size of the cabinet could be reduced by half. Performance and quality were further enhanced when we began manufacturing our own drivers. Later, cooling (a process whereby a metallic emulsion is used to speed the dissipation of heat from the voice coil) was adopted, a change that resulted in an increase in the 5-inch driver\\\\\\\'s power handling capability from an already impressive 60 watts to 100 watts. That made it possible for each 8 pound HOT SPOT to easily accommodate (get this) 200 watts. A new word was introduced into the English language, \\\\\\\"SPLOWT,\\\\\\\" speaker\\\\\\\'s splowt states the relationship between its maximum SPL and its weight. The HOT SPOT boasts one of the world\\\\\\\'s highest splowts: 19.8 bB!The second generation HOT SPOTS were reinforced with Fiberglass, which made them more airtight, infinitely stronger, and nigh unto impossible to bootleg. After Fiberglass came molded ABS plastic and the trapezoidal shape that gives the present day HOT SPOT its distinctive profile.