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In Reply to: RE: Nothing against the Chinese posted by jedrider on October 25, 2014 at 11:26:56
... it's just the sale and loss of the direction and vision.It sometimes is a good thing - Volvo, for instance, has improved greatly under its (Chinese) ownership.
But, Mark Levinson lost some of its vision (a premium line within the Harman publically traded company), and Thiel is now an entirely different company with an entirely different product focus it used to be coherent source loudspeakers, and while they weren't cheap, offered good value, now seems to be typical high order crossovers catering to the extremely wealthy and likely aimed squarely at high end installation. (To be fair since Jim Thiel passed away it is remarkable that they have survived to date - it was the perserverence of Kathy Gornick, I think)
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Yes she has, because she had a strong disagreement with the direction. And Steve DiFuria did as well.
After they both left, there was a further direction change in their desire to be a (vague) "Luxury Brand" and you see their placement on golf courses when entertaining Gulfstream jet clients ...
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