The current bid for the 1980s Bang & Olufsen Home Stereo System is for $4,000. However, given its provenance, we’re guessing it’s going to go for well north of that.

He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable. Ken Fritz turned his home into an audiophile’s dream — the world’s greatest hi-fi. What would it mean in the end?

The system appears to be the complete Beosystem 5500, which Bang & Olufsen manufactured between 1985 and 1987. It consists of a Beogram 5500 turntable, a Beomaster 5500 tuner/amplifier, a Beocord 5500 ...