More Bad News AT Thiel

Definitely a sad turn of events for one of the most highly regarded high-end audio companies to have come down the pike...

Unfortunately, the history of this industry shows time and time and time again such entities rise up through the force of character of visionaries like Jim Thiel, but their descent comes just as quickly and sharply once that person no longer steers the ship

For Thiel lovers, a visit to the current "Thiel" website is just sad. 
It's like returning to one of the great High End restaurants only to find they are now only serving "convenient" frozen dinners.

What an awful move.

sold Jims great works in the late 70’s and brother still has a pair of 02
when Jim passed the firm missed a key decision point on retention of KEY design first principles which set Thiel apart from the pack -mostly in alignment with Vandersteen and Dunlavy....and so now here we are left with one.....I can assure you that team Vandersteen includes family members steeped in those first principles and VERY aware of the continuing importance of them.

^Some of Jim's family were quite involved, market conditions were also ah a but clumsy around the time of Jim's passing.