On 8 Aug 2011, at 20:56, Nick wrote:
There is no question. "Muntzing", "to Muntz" or whatever is most
definitely a pejorative term. and strongly so.
Basically, what he did was to remove bits of a good system until it
stopped working, and then just put the last bit back. It was never
good engineering, it was about being cheap and nasty. He went bust.
I remember when I was in my mid-teens being seduced by the tacky kits
that Clive Sinclair used to put in the ads in electronics mags. I
fell for his amplifier kits that had cheap carbon preset pots with
cheap plastic spindles and knobs, presumably to save money on real
pots and knobs. I never did get those kits to work, a simple preamp
and two output channels.
Sir Clive went on to make huge amounts of money out of electronics
and he remains today a very rich man, living as he now does on the
south side of London's Trafalgar Square in a reasonable degree of
comfort and splendour. If ever I get around to taking up his invite
to lunch, I may broach the subject of Muntzing with him. He's cranky
these days, so you never know if he is going to fall asleep, throw
you out on your ear or get taken to one of his favourite Soho strip
joints.
John S
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