Wow. I mean..........wow. What a tale, almost worthy of a Shakespeare byline.
I venture to say that, sadly, he suffered from an obsessive disorder that clearly prevented him from maintaining what most would consider "normal" relationships with his family, perhaps others. While the emotional methodology behind his pursuit left a family in tatters, and his level of audiophilia could only be considered malignant, I have to believe that when not set to "movie", his system may well have been THE finest personal sound system ever assembled in a home environment, never to be duplicated. I'd have given an eye tooth to have heard it. It's final disposition is tragic, IMO.
RIP, brother.