Ken Fritz's $1M Dream System update

@mulveling 

Hear, hear….

I has been in this hobby since 1978.

 

During those years, I had gone through more than 10 speakers and some monster amplifiers like Jadis 500.

 

But I made balance between my hobby and relation with my three children.

 

They also enjoy listening to music and play some instruments themselves.

 

Thus I had never got complaint from my children.

 

I expect to have fifth grandchildren next June.

 

It would be nice if I had chance to listen to Ken’s system.

 

I may have had taken over his whole system including his house.

 

I still respect his passion but he had gone overboard with his family relationship.

 

But I do not want to criticize him too much.

 

May Ken rest in peace.

 

Thomas

 

 

I have no problem with people wanting to listen to their music in solitary positions. My best two friends and several other friends are single and deserve to listen as they want to. The caveat being that I want anyone listening with me in my listening rooms share equally which is why I desire a wide dispersion speaker. There is a limit wherein my former ML Monolith III stats when my girlfriend (now wife) experienced them said no way! They are beamy and I have to keep my head in a fixed position (plus lack of textured detailed bass, lacking in dynamics). So, out they went and I been happy with wide dispersion speakers since (the major fault of the Legacy Focus).

I am lucky to have a listening room.  It's not big , so there's not much stuff in there.  One recliner in the sweet spot.   I throw a bean bag chair in there if my girlfriend wants to join me .....   no I don't make her sit in that. 

I want to be solo when I decompress 

 

The 1 million system included the room (house addition). To add a room that has such thick custom concrete walls and all the other acoustical details within, you would easily be in the area of $250K in today's dollars. Only going to get a fraction of that back when the home sells. 

I consider my listening room to be "large" at 800 square feet, but 1,600 square feet? Not sure I would want to spend the money to fill such a space up with sound. Ken had a typical audiophile dream, but the size of his dream - and the help he enslaved to meet his demands was not eccentric- but extravagant- if not unreasonable. Strikes me as extremely selfish.

He could have spent a million on a building/room that was commercial in nature and provided a financial return for his family. It would seem that it was always about Ken and his self-centered dream. 

I read all the articles and watched the video on YouTube of Ken showing his son around his room. His son seems detached and simply along for the ride. 

In the end, I felt Ken was likely compelled by Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), a mental health condition that involves an inflated sense of self-importance and a need for excessive attention and admiration. Those with NPD have difficulty understanding and caring about others' feelings.