Audiobyus1, I agree with your assessment of Fried loudspeakers.
However, apart from his time at Harvard and distinguished service to our country during WWII, Bud Fried lived his entire life in the suburban Philadelphia, PA area.
It is true he spent a few months per year in Europe and the UK, making in his estimation 3 to 4 trips on an annual basis in an unending search of audio. Although he never mentioned to me about maintaining a residence in the UK, given the amount of time he spent on the other side of the ocean, held a self-admitted tremendous fondness for the ladies, and the fact that he came from quite a wealthy background, it would make a lot of sense to have a second home there.