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What an incredibly awful article. What was the purpose of doing this article?

I Recall the details of the auction of the system and was horrified. How could his family not enlist the support of the audio community to take great care and do what this man wished to be done.

The deficient and negatively biased article should have at least expanded upon some notable efforts that he made to system going beyond the turntable. He devoted his life to creating something that was truly remarkable and memorable and this article failed to capture the essence of what he tried to do. Tarnishing all he worked for was so inappropriate. Sure there deservedly was a need for attention to focus on his obsessive nature toward building the system and that would’ve been fair. And that would’ve been a nice thing to read about. But frankly I really didn’t enjoy reading the article and all the negativity.

The end of this man’s life was incredibly sad and difficult. Most of us will probably be similarly treated during our final days. Nature is so unfriendly at times.

I have to believe many facets of his system could’ve found their way into the home of someone who is involved in audio. There was so much to appreciate and learn from what this guy did.

 

Anyone reading this post thread should probably visit the Ken Fritz virtual system. I spent some time reading through the comments mostly to read what he said.

 

His comments were very generous and detailed and took great interest communicating all he did. He liked to share what he was doing clearly. Reading these comments leaves me with a very positive feeling about this guy. He had a company he worked very very hard and was doing something he really really enjoyed. We should all be so lucky and talented to do what he did .

He spent a lot of time on limiting devices to protect speakers during home theatre operation which is a new thing I've never heard of. And clearly he was very obsessed with creating speakers and purchasing a lot of drivers to do just that. I still find it hard to believe his speakers could not realize more when they were sold.

At least he immortalized his work in a documentary. I'm sure just about everybody on this forum would have loved to spend time with this man. And this is where I fault the article.  clearly the Washington Post was neglectful by sensationalizing some negative aspects a family relationships, and distorting this man's Legacy.

What was Ken's net worth any idea?

I'm not sure what the hurry was to get rid of all the gear they should've taken more time. Can't believe some of his family members didn't want any of it?

My grandfather collected certain items that were very rare and a lot of choice items were sold off fortunately some stuff was kept and I'm very grateful. 

@rooze 

Did you buy anything at the auction? Incredible you were there. Any insights as to why they dumped everything so quickly?