Thiel Owners

just saw this and wanted to share.  not surprising.

https://www.strata-gee.com/thiel-toast/

Beetlemania,

Does
" Yes this will be done at my lab and fully tested on the analyzer before shipping "
mean that you have to ship the speakers to him for this to be installed? It is unclear how this answers your question:
" Is this done in your shop or do I install the new boards myself? "

I interpreted that as he does all the work in his shop - you have to ship the speaker to him. But I don’t know why you couldn’t instead remove the crossover yourself and send only that to him. Maybe it depends on how comfortable you are removing and re-installing the crossover. Also, I imagine he would want to be sure his mods work! In my case, I was thinking about buying speakers that needed to be shipped to me anyhow, so only 1 extra ride in the cargo truck.

If you’re serious, I suggest asking him directly including how many he’s done and ask his opinion of how the mods improve the SQ.

OTOH, if you comfortable removing and installing the crossover you're probably also comfortable upgrading the capacitors (and other parts) yourself. A good place to start might be the latest top-shelf Clarity Caps.

Yikes!  That post about Thiel being "toast."

How does that comport with Jafant's recent contact with Rob suggesting parts will be available?

I’m seriously freaked out because I’ve essentially staked my system on the Thiels (including having just spent tons of money on subwoofers, crossovers etc to use with the 2.7s), with the mindset I could get spare drivers.

I note this at the end of that article:

A skeletal team remains at the company wrapping up details before finally closing the doors. Sources tell us there is significant inventory of the Aurora speakers that remains and there is no word yet on how the company intends to dispose of them.

I sure hope we can still get the legacy drivers from Rob !  Anyone have any  idea what a closure like this usually means for remaining inventory?