More Bad News AT Thiel


According to Ted at Strat-Ta-Gee.com Thiel is on the verge of closing. According to the Chief Engineer who was let go Dennis Crosson Thiel is done. Upper management has denied this and stated they are planning to move into the next phase. Very confusing. Looks like Classe all over again. Very interesting article on what's going on.
linnlingo
The 4th Quarter is the most critical time in retail. The results should reveal what is going to happen w/this company.
Take a look at their "3rd Avenue Collection" in the Shop section of the web site.  These are the speakers that were developed post-acquisition, prior to their recent pivot into life-style and blue-tooth.  They are already referring to the 3rd Avenue Collection as "legacy" models.  What's left of audiophile in the company smells like burned toast.
And they don't even sell what might have been their best "new" product, the last version of the Thiel Smartsub:

http://www.audioholics.com/subwoofer-reviews/thiel-smartsub-1.12

It got an excellent review and I have to admit it's about the only good-looking sub I've ever seen (I generally don't like the looks of subwoofers).

The CEO mentioned that they would only make the speakers on a special order basis. There is no 3rd Avenue inventory.
Check out the Thiel Aurora review on the Thiel Facebook page by Mandy Gragg. Very amusing.