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New Motorcycle Speaker Company Launches

The first Gale Force products, which started shipping in February, are two competition grade marine speakers that are being used mainly in motorcycles.Get more news about motorcycle speaker production,you can vist our website!

“We started out as a marine line, but it’s developed more into powersports. The motorcycle industry has gone bananas. It’s something I truly didn’t expect.” About 60 to 70 percent of Gale Force’s sales are for motorcycle installs.

The startup’s speakers are high powered pro audio style coaxials with a compression horn and glass fiber cone. Launched in February, the F3 line (named after the tornado rating) includes a 6.5- and 8-coaxial that are bi-ampable. A 10 inch midbass is on the way. New subwoofers are also in the works.

Melissa Hall of Bass Wars competes with the speakers, said Palmer.

Palmer, age 33, started in the car audio competition scene in 2010 and worked at a number of audio shops as well as Crescendo Audio. He helped out at other 12 volt companies over the years “more as friends than an employee.”

Palmer and Stahl decided they could become a supplier in their own right and started working with a factory in China about two years ago. Palmer said he spent evenings tweaking speaker prototypes while he kept his day job at a gun suppler. “It took a full year of back and forth until we got something we were truly proud of.”

Partner Stahl, 32, works for a software company and provides the financial backing and contacts in the boating industry.

The two current F3 coaxials each have a 1.5-inch voice coil for the compression horn and 2-inch voice coil on the woofer. The woofer handles 600 to 800 watts RMS and the horns handle 75 watts RMS conservatively.

The speakers are sold individually at $240 and $265, respectively.

Palmer said the company doesn’t charge a premium for marine grade water resistance so as to keep pricing low with a deep margin for dealers. Soundwise the speakers include a rubber surround and have a deeper midbass for a “fuller, warmer sound, than the typical, super efficient, crazy loud speakers,” he claimed.

Gale Force drop-in Harley speakers are in the works. Palmer said, “Eventually the goal is to quit my day job. This is what I love to do. Audio has been a part of my life for 10 to 15 years.”

Gale Force Audio is sold to both dealers and direct to consumers. The brand is currently working with about 30 dealers.