He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.

I was an acquaintance of Ken Fritz through my stint with the Richmond Audiophile Society and found him to be an intelligent, basically happy, persistent and dedicated in his pursuits, gentleman.  There are a number of others in the Richmond Audiophile Society that knew him in much greater detail than I who feel as I do that the WaPo article was a hit piece.  How many of us can say we don't have skeletons in our closets that if revealed to the public would be devastating to us or our families ?  I'm sure some of the information is true, however usually this type of exposure is found in political rhetoric and not normally seen in the general public.  Just my opinion...