New Thiel Speakers - Post Jim Thiel Era

As much as I'll miss Gary, I really miss Shari.

I'm feeling sick.
Why bother buying the Thiel name?
"...Beyond...", I think he meant below.
Ugh!!!Sheer disgust!
Another me too, nothing special generic speaker.
I predict they'll be filing for bankruptcy in no time.
Losing Dunlavy to incompetents was bad enough, now this?

Details?

I didn't much care for PSB speakers when they wore their own label. What a disappointing disgrace.

I think you might have misunderstood me. I wasn't questioning why the customer would buy the Thiel name, but rather why the new owners did. The Thiel name represented a specific criterion of design aspects. If they were going to completely deviate from that, it would probably alienate the Thiel customer base. It probably would have been cheaper just to start with a new company name, or perhaps even try and buy PSB. Dear Jim must be turning in his grave. I only hope his family is well taken care of. I seem to remember that the new owners originally declared they were going to maintain the Thiel tradition. I don't see how I could trust them now.

Why do I get the feeling that; sure they'll continue to make CS's so long as there is a market for them, but the CS's will also wither on the vine without any further development as other products continue to evolve?
Thank heaven there is still Green Mountain, Vandersteen, et al..
Thanks for the memories Jim, we knew we would miss you, just not how much.

Until these new anti-Thiels can demonstrate that they can pass a square wave, I won't even bother giving them a consideration.
They may have bought the right to use the name, but a little respect for the dead is in order. Try selling it without defaming the name.
"...Beyond..." credibility.

Customers have the rights too.

As critical as I've been about their new (mis)direction, I should say that I recently sent a couple of e-mails to them, and received a very prompt, polite and satisfactory responses.