He said .....
"You want my opinion don't touch it. I neither can nor will service it or help repair it in any way, it is Tannoys responsibility and I am contractually blocked and I don't want to anyway. I have seen it before, every one of the *next persons* who end up with it contacts me and are reasonably politely told to sod off."
PS: He went on to form, design and sell NVA products. As best can be judged, his temperament remained unchanged until his death.
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