I followed the online auction, and based on my math, the ENTIRE AUCTION, all 668 audio items in the house, only brought in $167,000 based on adding up all the final auction bids. Unreal. In an interview, Ken estimated his entire system build and room cost him around $1.25 million.
In my opinion, the Krell gear was the only gear that brought a decent return. The Denon PBN turntable was a STEAL. PBN tables without arms can sell for $30,000. This had 2 Kuzma arms that are $10,000 each and cartridges that also run almost $11,000 each. That's $40,000 costs in JUST the 2 arms and cartridges. I spoke with somebody at PBN, and this current build would run approximately $60,000. The winning bidder got an endgame table, a Super Denon on Steroids, for $10,750.
The "Frankentable" went for $19,750. Considering $19,000 is what I priced a Kuzma Tangential Arm at, and his turntable had TWO OF THEM, plus another Kuzma arm, and all three arms had cartridges that cost over $10,000 each....yeah, it sold for pennies on the dollar. Ken had estimated he had close to $150,000 in it in just PARTS. In the end, it was an albatross.
