Are there any plans for a Brute 2.0? Different woofer?
Not at this point in time, but maybe in the Future
An idea... more narrow baffle, affordable 8" driver from SB Acoustics that doesn't cost much, and plays deep.
It's the smaller Brute...
The Buddy. I own 2x of the 5" M130 woofers, have waveguide, NEOs, etc. The driver in the picture is my 8" Duelund (Scan-Speak based). I would own this speaker, and will pay for the enclosure / drivers.
I'll do the dirty work and spend some money, if you sketch it up. I will have enclosures built, shipped to you, and you do the fun part.
In fact... I will send you a PAIR of them, so you can live with them for a while.
Then, sell them to people who can use a smaller speaker, don't want servo subs inside or outside their speaker, want to deal with less wood, etc. Just a smaller, slimmer version... that can probably go on a fairly regular, short stand people may already own.
Smaller footprint, simple, and the Neo tweeter / waveguide twist. Or even pair with T26. It's a smaller package that still can play deep and doesn't need high pass filters / subs.
No strings attached... I just don't own any 3 ways speakers, yet.
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/approx-8-woofers/sb-acoustics-sb23nrxs45-8-8-woofer/