Does your cherished hi-fi stereo equipment need a little TLC?

Contact us to discuss your hi-fi stereo equipment service, repair, overhaul, advice, valuation and condition assessment/inspection requirements. Read more about how to book equipment, our business details, current booking status and our enquiry form, below.

Business Details

How To Book

Booking equipment with us is easy:

1. Check our booking status table below for the booking type you require
2. If bookings are available, request one using the enquiry form ↓
3. If we’re fully booked, simply check again as guided by the date suggested

For reasons that may have brought you here, booking demand generally exceeds our capacity, so wait times should be expected. The non-linear and specialist nature of our work means waitlists are not viable, but don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Booking Status

Check our booking status before requesting a booking:

FAQs

I’ve written 160 hi-fi FAQs to address questions I’m frequently asked, including:

• How do I book equipment for service or repair?
• How much will my service or repair cost?
• Can you explain class A, class AB and class D amplifiers
• Is turntable hum ‘normal’?
• What’s the “only 50 hours” cartridge meme?
• Should I play records on my radiogram?
• What’s the best moving coil preamplifier?
• What’s better – vintage or modern CD players?
• What’s the deal with capacitors?
• Why don’t all CD players sound the same?
• What’s the deal with cartridge alignment?
• What’s better – belt drive or direct drive?
• How good is the Denon DL-103 MC cart?
• Can I use 100V equipment in Australia?
• I purchased equipment from Japan and it blew up, can you help?
• How do I find a better-sounding amplifier?
• + 140 more

Advice & Guidance

Expert hi-fi advice can yield transformational results – just ask our customers – but the requisite unconflicted position and expertise are rare, and ‘gurus‘, misinformation, pseudoscience and sales pitches are everywhere.

Our advisory service helps savvy customers with expertise and insight from the trusted specialist responsible for creating this much-loved website and entrusted with caring for equipment like this, this, this and this.

[Mike is] one of the most helpful guys I have ever spoken to about hi-fi.

Mark T

Our advisory consultations are available in three sizes to assist with:

• Choosing and sourcing/importing hi-fi equipment
• Pre, power, integrated and phono amplifiers
• Sources including CD players, DACs, tuners and of course…
• Turntables, including cartridges, tonearms and all things vinyl!

Notes

Courtesy and goodwill go a long way at Liquid Audio. We prioritise our resources for customers who value our time and expertise and engage with us respectfully.

If you like what we do, please consider supporting us. This half-million-word website is the result of thousands of hours of unpaid work. Everything @ Liquid Audio is done by yours truly. Your support is appreciated.

Despite frequent requests, we don’t offer free consultations or valuations, remote technical assistance, retail sales, service data, technical procedures or intellectual property.

Mike … you, of course, are a gem. We are so lucky to have someone as passionate, intelligent, ethical and hardworking in little ol’ Perth.

David H

I love your website (it’s very tidy, clear and easy to navigate, with a wealth of information and photos of desirable hardware). I am also very impressed with the quality of work and level of detail I see on the repairs and restorations you do.

Kerry G

Hello Mike, very nice website and PROFESSIONAL work you perform on this audio vintage gear. Read your Sansui AU-20000 repair page and loved how great your work ethics are … I felt very positive to react on your good work.

Robert S

Mike, I friggin’ love my amp. You are personally responsible for rekindling my love for music!

Brian E

Enquiry Form

Submit, and we shall respond, typically within one business day 🙂