Thiel Owners

I just heard that Thiel is in bankruptcy

Yes. Most of the property relates to "New Thiel" inventory and their "Aurora" streaming club paraphernalia. The intellectual property will be sold and friendly buyers are welcome to raise their hands along with thielrules. I am in direct contact with the court and will post relevant developments.

Tom,

It’s helpful to read what you wrote about my turntable base. It represents the ideas I vaguely grasped while putting together the base, so it’s nice to see it gain some confirmation from a pro.

I’ve always been curious how many of the post-Jim speakers (e.g. Mark Mason designs) Thiel ended up selling. (And if they had any stock left).
I think they were designed to order.

It's interesting no owner of those speakers have found their way to this thread. Though I'd have to guess they wouldn't be the typical Thiel fans to begin with.

prof - When Rob bought the Thiel service department earlier this year, he saw the New Thiel inventory and they said that 3 pair had been sold. Perhaps a few more since then.

New Thiel missed the mark, failed to identify the narrow Thiel niche, and that extant conventional speakers covered the other bases completely. Three was not a typo, it may be incorrect, but it is in the ballpark. Lots of stock remains. The 3rd Avenue towers got 5 stars from a Stereophile reviewer. New Thiel had design and engineering talent and resources to do the job well. Their crossovers are assymetric/variable pitch as required. They may stand up well against other non-coherent offerings on the market.

That stock will be liquidated by the court at probable pennies on the dollar.