Ken Fritz article

Is anyone else on this forum divorced?  Is that evidence of mental illness?  Ken owned his own business, and maybe that was one reason he didn’t take vacations.   We don’t know if he took his profession as seriously as he did his sound system.  At least 2 of his kids were featured in the article and video, so they apparently got along with him.  A few select quotes from a writer are not enough to make any valid conclusions about someone.  Has anyone else employed their kids to help them with projects, and had their kids remember that is was fun?  We don’t have any information about how many friends he had and what they thought of him.  It’s clear he liked building things, and that was part of his profession.  From what I could see he enjoyed building his room, system and the grandfather clocks.  Maybe doing it himself was more important than the final result.  The article - oddly - made no effort at all to evaluate how good the sound quality was.  Yet it was supposedly an article about creating the best sound system.  It seemed to go off track and focus on flaws in his personal life.  I’m glad no one is writing about me.  But for all of us, no matter what we buy, build or collect, some day we will leave it all behind.

@tcotruvo 

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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.

Sociopathy gets overused and thrown around when a number of obsessive compulsive disorders could be used. OTOH, when is a hobby a disorder and not a lifestyle choice??

In any event, unless we are treating a person we should focus on boundaries, expectations and commitments before diagnosis.  The former are far simpler and more useful.