Thiel Audio to Close

Kingkwas
Kingkwas Posts: 92
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Being located in Nashville, I have watched this company in the media. Definitely, appeared to have issues with all the top level turn over. Did not expect for it to close.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/01/22/nashville-company-closing-after-years-of-change.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=article_du&ed=2018-01-22&u=oseAsdBTmiiyqdcYnWQ+7A005396f7&t=1516655881&j=79571961
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    Blame it on the millennials!
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    That CEO though! <3

    Nashville isn’t too far away. Think there will be some speakers on the cheap?
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    That CEO though! <3

    Nashville isn’t too far away. Think there will be some speakers on the cheap?

    From the article I read they have a big stock of their newer ‘lifestyle-type’ speakers.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    edited January 2018
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    That CEO though! <3

    Nashville isn’t too far away. Think there will be some speakers on the cheap?

    I think they priced themselves out of the market myself. 5 CEO's in 5 years.... WOW. They should've hired me! :'( ..As an assistant to the CEO.

    Thiel's last CEO is below. Sexy sells, but I guess not in this case.

    tkic8eu3sedo.jpg
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,084
    Those boots..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    ^^^^^^
    I was thinking something similar.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,878
    Sound United will buy them... they buy everything.
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    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    Their website shop is down...guess they didn't pay that bill.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,581
    Like there's anything worth buying. Taking a pretigous speaker company and turning into another lifestyle speaker manufacturer. CEO should be shot. All five of them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    ^^^^^^^
    I don't know about shooting them but they should give an interview to Stereophile. Every one of them sounds good to me too. Where is Mr. Thiel and his decendants in all this?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,450
    edited January 2018
    Larry made those boots.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,930
    Tony M wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^
    I don't know about shooting them but they should give an interview to Stereophile. Every one of them sounds good to me too. Where is Mr. Thiel and his decendants in all this?

    I believe Mr. Thiel died 6-7 years ago. The decendants may not of owned enough stock in the company.
    It happens
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    What is a lifestyle speaker? Bluetooth boombox things?

    That's sad. I thought they were crashing because their stuff was so good and people were interested in garbage.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    Thiel Co. sure advertised their super expensive speakers the past years. I read their ads and see those prices and thought, 10 years down the road maybe for me to want to spend on them. I'm not rich, so I have to wait for massive discounts and time to be able to own such GEMS.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    edited January 2018
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Those boots..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww

    This video and the " Bang Bang" Nancy Sinatra video, always does something for me. :p
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,796
    I'll take "Dafuq?" For $1000
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,508
    Tony M wrote: »
    This video and the " Bang Bang" Nancy Sinatra video, always does something for me. :p

    I'm more familiar with the Megadeth version of "These Boots Are Made For Walking" and the Cher version of "Bang Bang". And I haven't had a piece of PEZ candy since 1971.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,065
    If that's the CEO of Thiel, no wonder. No CEO should dress like that. Unless your selling Glamor magazines.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    tonyb wrote: »
    If that's the CEO of Thiel, no wonder. No CEO should dress like that. Unless your selling Glamor magazines.

    I dunno -- that Facebook guy's wardrobe could use some sprucin' up.
    Somethin' like the Thiel CEO's outfit would sure make a statement.

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,084
    Most likely it was just for the photo shoot.
    tonyb wrote: »
    If that's the CEO of Thiel, no wonder. No CEO should dress like that. Unless your selling Glamor magazines.

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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,622
    Looks like she’s sitting on the john and happy about it. Flush.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,508
    She has limited appeal. Then again, I like Barbie doll bimbos. Although that was my ex-wife's name and she didn't look like your typical Barbie doll. Alas.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    Viking64 wrote: »
    She has limited appeal. Then again, I like Barbie doll bimbos. Although that was my ex-wife's name and she didn't look like your typical Barbie doll. Alas.

    Much taller, I'm guessing...
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,508
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Much taller, I'm guessing...
    I could read that a few different ways. :o:p
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,622
    edited January 2018
    I suspect the company was already well on the road to being dead when the current CEO took over last year. Probably wouldn't cost much for another investor to buy the remnants and go back to building real speakers under the Thiel name. Come to think of it, isn't Emotiva based in Tennessee?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJET5TaWlco
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,508
    Well, that was just depressing. :'(
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    Emlyn wrote: »
    Come to think of it, isn't Emotiva based in Tennessee?

    Yup, but it isn't april fools day

    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,084
    I was saying the name of the company wrong in my head.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    Emlyn wrote: »
    I suspect the company was already well on the road to being dead when the current CEO took over last year. Probably wouldn't cost much for another investor to buy the remnants and go back to building real speakers under the Thiel name...

    on the other hand, typically the grand old names in hifi (and electronics) have been bought and then run into the ground.


    e.g.,
    http://www.acoustic-research.com/
    http://www.alteclansing.com/
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    The most fall from grace was, in my opinion, The Fisher Radio Company.
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