Thiel Owners

I wonder who maintains the Thiel Blog.

I was just going over the many warm remembrances of Jim Thiel on this page (which I've posted before):

http://thielaudio.blogspot.com/2009/09/please-share-your-memories-of-jim-thiel.html#comment-form

Also...who are THESE people who seem to have taken over the ThielAudio domain/name?

tomthiel

Thank You for the answer and Thiel Audio history lesson. Very informative.

I will 2nd- The Listening Room. It was a great pleasure to meet and greet with Mr. Don Hoatson in 2012. We had several music sessions that Spring. At that time, He still spoke highly of Thiel loudspeakers. He had a great location and sound studio.

Happy Listening!

Happy Listening!

JA - Don died a few years ago. His grandson Mike who grew up around the business is carrying it on with the help of Don's wife and brother.

Prof - I think that's the same site that picked up the domain when New Thiel went bankrupt. Note there's no Thiel content on it. It is (or was) owned by a Swiss gambling consortium who harvests contacts via any which way.

Is there a Thiel Blog being maintained somewhere?

tomthiel

So do you mean the actual content of that ThielAudio site is "fake," as it were?

And it's just fishing for contact info?

I posted a link to the Thiel blog.  I didn't mean it was active, but simply that it is still there and not taken over (like the ThielAudio site) so I figured maybe someone still hosts/maintains it or something?

http://thielaudio.blogspot.com/

tomthiel

Good to read that Don's legacy carries on!  He was a true Gentleman of Audio.

For those who visited his Operation, it was contractor-carpeted and bare walls.

Still, the space (a suite in a Medical complex) had an incredible, inherent, presentation and sound for Audio systems not easily found.

Happy Listening!