NHT closing DOWN

dee1949
dee1949 Posts: 1,425
edited June 2009 in The Clubhouse
....another one bites the DUST.

http://www.cepro.com/article/now_hear_this_nht_shuts_down/
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2009
    Wow...This sucks! NHT made some quality speakers. The SB3s are excellent bookshelf speakers along with the Super Zeros and Super Ones. The company will be missed.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,680
    edited February 2009
    That's not the greatest news, but it could be worse. It does appear that there may be light at the end of the tunnel:

    Remember, this isn't good-bye, it's just "see you on the other side"

    Thanks for everything!

    Chris, John and the entire NHT gang
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,460
    edited February 2009
    Not going out of business, just going quiet??? Oki doki.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2009
    Funny, sure sounds like Chapter 11 to me, common reference see you on the other side
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited February 2009
    Seems a little odd to myself also. "See You on the other side"

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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited February 2009
    Maybe he meant the other side of December 21st, 2012?
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited February 2009
    Hate to see things like this happen.
    engtaz

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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,187
    edited February 2009
    It gotta stop, who's next? I'm sure polk isn't doing all that great with Tweeter and CC closing, they where 2 huge if not there biggest dealers.

    Someone please step up and start spending money, I got my entire system up for sale and I'm buying a totally new one, who's with me?????
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited February 2009
    I would say it's probably a prudent business decision. Why keep building speakers when the buyers are few and far between. NHT doesn't have a huge retail presence outside of Audio Advisor which doesn't make things easier. I'd bet they'll come back as an Internet-Direct operation.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2009
    mantis wrote: »
    It gotta stop, who's next? I'm sure polk isn't doing all that great with Tweeter and CC closing, they where 2 huge if not there biggest dealers.

    Magnolia Hi-Fi is closing down many of its stores as well....and I am predicting Boston Acoustics won't be surviving long.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,187
    edited February 2009
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    Magnolia Hi-Fi is closing down many of its stores as well....and I am predicting Boston Acoustics won't be surviving long.

    I'm not a huge fan of NHT but they have made some damn nice speakers over the years. I listened to them so many times and have been impressed.

    Boston Acoustics makes really nice speakers that can go pound for pound with polk every step of the way.

    I get so mad that our industry is falling apart around us. Pioneer made me sick when they decided to pull out of the Tv business. That already is enough to scream. NHT is sad as well as Boston if they start going down. Imagine if polk goes the same way. Not only will we all lose one of our favorite speakers we also lost this site.

    Just Imagine all of your favorite Stores closing around you, then all your favorite brands going belly up. Something has to change and the only way I see helping out is to spend some cash. You can't take your money with you when you die. life is to short , I'm not closing down, I wanna revamp my entire system. I will.

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2009
    Living in the Northeast and having grown up with friends who had the Boston sound. I'd be more than a bit depressed if Boston went down. I have owned some of their products and agree...they're neck and neck with Polk.

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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited February 2009
    Just Imagine all of your favorite Stores closing around you, then all your favorite brands going belly up. Something has to change and the only way I see helping out is to spend some cash. You can't take your money with you when you die. life is to short , I'm not closing down, I wanna revamp my entire system. I will.

    Dan

    no need to imagine started happening years ago............I too am doing all I can to pump $$$$ back in ;) but sadly even with all of FANTASTIC deals out there most just cant afford it...my son expecting his first this spring along with a home and 2 auto payments doesnt have a spare penny and being a mutal fund advisor doesnt help the job security thing.. if this trend continues there be no choices out there......I also have no problem going to the mom/pop place and spend a few $$ more as its the mom/pop owners who so spend their money locally....
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited February 2009
    Nice to see that they'll keep providing support and warranty work in the 'quiet mode' as I recently bought a 2 channel NHT amp.

    My guess is that they will come back with a line of stores to display and demo thier products rather than just online. Like a small boutique shop. Just a SWAG.

    Makes sense to me, less incoming revenue, but the same or more operating costs-I don't know how big the company is, but I wish them well.


    EDIT--Nevermind--looks like they already deal at B&M locations. Shows you how much I know. :o
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited February 2009
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Boston and Snell already nosedive once, and are currently part of D&M holding?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2009
    Boston bought Snell in 1995, and D&M aquired Boston in 2005. I'm not sure it was a distress sale but part of D&Ms strategy to bring speakers into the fold.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2009
    mantis wrote: »
    I'm not a huge fan of NHT but they have made some damn nice speakers over the years. I listened to them so many times and have been impressed.

    Boston Acoustics makes really nice speakers that can go pound for pound with polk every step of the way.

    In the late 90s, I was obsessing about whether to get Boston's CR-8 or NHT's Super One (I got both). Two of my favorite speakers of all-time....my review of each are still on audioreview.com.

    Edit: Btw, the new Classic series from Boston is a major "return to form". I checked out the largest bookshelf model and A/B it against some Monitor Audio bookshelf....the Boston wins hands down.
    mantis wrote: »
    Just Imagine all of your favorite Stores closing around you

    It just hit me the other day how bad the economy is. I'm in a government job and I am somewhat isolated from all the layoffs and such....despite a 5% pay decrease. Still, as I sat in my car waiting for a red light at an intersection, I noticed everything on four sides of the intersection is gone....the Chevy car dealership, the Washington Mutual branch, the Mervyn's (bankrupted discount clothing chain), the Circuit City, the golf store, etc. Yikes!!
    shack wrote: »
    Boston bought Snell in 1995, and D&M aquired Boston in 2005. I'm not sure it was a distress sale but part of D&Ms strategy to bring speakers into the fold.

    This week also saw the news of D&M consolidating Snell into McIntosh's speaker manufacturing facilities.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited February 2009
    mantis wrote: »
    I'm sure polk isn't doing all that great with Tweeter and CC closing, they where 2 huge if not there biggest dealers.

    Just curious where Polk is still sold. Living is S. Florida, The lower/mid Polk's wer sold at CC (though not very well) and the LSI's wer sold at Sound Advice (Tweeter). They are both now defunct. I have never seen a Polk product in the Magnolia Best Buys here, just Definitive, Martin Logan, Boston and a few others.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2009
    There will always be Bose......
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2009
    http://www.polkaudio.com/dealerlocator/index.php

    It's a better dealer search than it used to be but still not perfect.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2009
    venomclan wrote:
    Just curious where Polk is still sold. Living is S. Florida, The lower/mid Polk's wer sold at CC (though not very well) and the LSI's wer sold at Sound Advice (Tweeter). They are both now defunct. I have never seen a Polk product in the Magnolia Best Buys here, just Definitive, Martin Logan, Boston and a few others.
    Venom


    It appears Polk is now sold at Best Buy.

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&id=pcat17071&type=page&ks=960&st=polk&sc=audioSP&cp=1&sp=&qp=cabcat0200000%23%23-1%23%23-1%7E%7Eq706f6c6b%7E%7Encabcat0205000%23%237%23%23v&list=y&usc=Audio&nrp=32&iht=n
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2009
    They're in my local BB/Magnolia.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,771
    edited February 2009
    Too bad BB only sells the lower line. No Rti's or Lsi's. Do the Magnolia store carry either of those lines?
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2009
    The Magnolia stores I've visited have never had any Polk products. Since BB bought them only BB has been carrying some of the new TSI, OWM, Atrium, HT/Sub, and PSW series as Shack points out with his link above.

    And Magnolia stores are in trouble!

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  • criteriadan
    criteriadan Posts: 25
    edited February 2009
    dee1949 wrote: »
    ....another one bites the DUST.

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    Another one down...
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  • CRESCENDOPOWER
    CRESCENDOPOWER Posts: 153
    edited February 2009
    I have never been a huge fan of NHT’s floorstanding speakers, but I can guarantee that their bookshelf speakers are equal, or better than any other speaker manufacturer on the market period within the same price range.
    When I see corporations with products this strong failing, just like Hales Audio, it literally makes me question the intelligence of the buying market. The philosophy of buyers now must be strictly mp3 players, and computer audio. It is very hard for me to in-vision a corporation like this to fail.
    Buy Polk ****!:D

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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited February 2009
    CRESCENDOPOWER wrote: »
    I have never been a huge fan of NHT’s floorstanding speakers, but I can guarantee that their bookshelf speakers are equal, or better than any other speaker manufacturer on the market period within the same price range.
    When I see corporations with products this strong failing, just like Hales Audio, it literally makes me question the intelligence of the buying market. The philosophy of buyers now must be strictly mp3 players, and computer audio. It is very hard for me to in-vision a corporation like this to fail.

    My Hales are great. But, the public buys "apparent value".
    If it isn't well known and costs above avereage, it's an uphill
    battle. If it's cheap and unknown, a lot more people take a chance.
    The crossover on Hales uses all premium parts. The cabinet is
    double walled wood, about as rigid as any I've seen. They went
    under because 99% of everyone started buying HT systems.
    Guys like Polk and Infinity started making cheaper, smaller
    speakers in bulk, since now everyone needed 5+sub.
    The 2 channel stuff is a small part of the market. And the small
    cheaper mass market stuff for HT is where the money is at.
    Like it or not, welcome to the real world. The new wave of direct
    marketed speakers from China is upon us. And the fallout is going
    to be ugly.
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  • devani
    devani Posts: 1,497
    edited February 2009
    for me it's time to use the Gift card for Fortunoff store....I am really afraid to keep any gift card for any company....
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2009
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Like it or not, welcome to the real world. The new wave of direct marketed speakers from China is upon us. And the fallout is going to be ugly.

    That's been happening for over 10 years....

    Back in the years when I had my NHT Super Ones and Boston CR-8s, I also own a pair of HTD (Home Theater Direct) Level 3 bookshelf speakers. HTD was one of the earliest direct marketing speaker companies, despite being a subsidiary of the pre-Carver AudioSource. The speakers were made in China and were amazing value and in workmanship. Didn't sound bad either. HTD is still around and look how many "traditional" speaker brands have disappeared....

    Sigh
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited February 2009
    Sad to hear. Was a big fan of their bookshelf speakers. Great speaks for the buck. Wonder what they're thinking with "the other side?"
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