Thiel Owners

uncle_monkey
Good to see you again. Hope your 2.2 speakers are up and running soon.




Happy Listening!

Bose has always been active on the litigation front -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose_Corporation  I'm not even sure that they were the first with direct reflecting technology in speakers.  Many moons ago I worked in Center City Philadelphia.  There was an older gentleman who had a small but nice audio shop.  He had speakers that had good drivers in them (not cheap ones) and had them near the wall with a piece of plexi-glass reflecting them into the wall.  For that type of sound, it was outstanding.  There were music celebrities who would visit the store.  I believe (to the best of my memory) Bose threatened legal action (and he probably was selling them years before they came out with it) and he just didn't have resources to fight it.  Bose is not alone.  Many companies with lots of resources flex their muscle.  I remember having some brick work done on an old house and the company name was 'Bricks R Us' withe the 'R' backwards and he got a nasty letter from Toys R Us (with the threat of legal action) and on the invoice he went over the backwards R by hand and changed it to a B.  Smaller companies, whether it's Thiel or others, are not going to be able to match resources.  It's just the way the system works (it's not perfect is necessarily right).  I don't like it either and all I can do is not personally buy products from such companies (that's all anyone can do).

Cascade - I can't remember his or his shop's name, but I remember playing the first-tier Thiel speakers for him in his shop in 1977. He was complimentary and said he wished he were younger because a new world was unfolding for the young. He showed me his reflective speakers, which pre-dated Bose by many years. Bose had threatened him (cease and desist) and he responded that he would not sue to invalidate Bose's patent if Bose left him alone. And so it was.

Tom - I worked in Center City Philadelphia from late 1985 through late 1996.  There were two hifi shops nearby.  One was Nathan Muchnick which was on a main street and the old guy's store (Greenfields???) was on a side street.  Been over 23 years.  I really enjoyed hearing his speakers.  I have multiple systems today (just don't like selling stuff so most often it gets rotated to a back-up systems) and would really have enjoyed having something like that.

I could be wrong but I believe this is the older gentleman I was talking about mentioned in this case -  https://casetext.com/case/warren-v-greenfield