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. This page contains information about how to book equipment, our business details, current booking status and of course our enquiry form – the best way to contact us.
Business Details
| Proprietor: | ‘Liquid’ Mike Fitzpatrick BSc(Hons) GDipEd(Sc) UWA |
| ABN: | 65209381407 |
| Location: | 25 Mathis Way, Carine, Western Australia, 6020 |
| Type: | Precision service, repair and restoration of classic hi-fi stereo equipment |
| Speciality: | Amplifiers, preamplifiers, turntables, cassette decks, CD players, DACs, transports, receivers, tuners |
| Brands: | Accuphase, Akai, Denon, Dual, Esoteric, JVC, Krell, Kenwood/Trio, Linn, Luxman, Marantz, Musical Fidelity, Nakamichi, Perreaux, Pioneer, Plinius, Quad, Rotel, Sansui, Sony, TEAC, Technics, Thorens, Yamaha, and more |
| Open: | Tuesday – Friday, 10 – 5 Saturday, 10 – 1, Perth time |
| Bookings: | By appointment, during business hours |
| Contact us: | Enquiry form (bottom of page) Voice/video calls (+61) 0439 690 436 Text messages and hidden ID calls are filtered |
How To Book
Booking equipment with us is easy:
- Check our booking status table below for the booking type you require
- If bookings are available, request one using the enquiry form at the bottom of this page
- If we’re fully booked, check again as guided by the date suggested
Booking demand generally exceeds our capacity (for various good reasons), so wait times may be experienced. The specialised, non-linear nature of our work means waitlists are not viable, but don’t hesitate to enquire, even if we’re fully booked.
Booking Status
Check here before requesting a booking:
| Booking Type | Availability |
| Service: | Bookings available |
| Repair: | Fully booked |
| Overhaul/restoration: | Fully booked |
| Inspection/valuation: | Bookings available |
| Consultation/advice: | Bookings available |
| Interstate/non-Aus bookings: | Currently unavailable |
| Updated: | 8 August |
| Check again: | 1 September |
| Notes: | Normal operation 🙂 |
FAQs
Before you contact us, check out the 160 hi-fi FAQs I’ve created to address frequently asked questions, including:
- How do I book equipment for service?
- How much will my service or repair cost?
- Why do people trust Liquid Audio?
- What equipment do you work on?
- About class A, class AB and class D amplifiers
- Is turntable hum ‘normal’?
- What’s the “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 100V equipment, blew it up, can you help?
- How do I find a better-sounding amplifier?
- + 140 more
Advice & Guidance
Expert hi-fi advice can yield transformational results, as our customers know well, but the requisite genuine expertise is rare, the void filled by armchair experts, so-called gurus, misinformation and opinion rabbit holes. Not here. Our advisory consultations deliver expert guidance and factual information from the specialist responsible for this much-loved website and entrusted with beautiful 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
Advisory consultations are available in 15-, 30-, and 60-minute options and quickly pay for themselves. We can 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, cartridges, phono preamps, tonearms and all things vinyl
Notes
Courtesy and goodwill are highly valued here @ Liquid Audio. We always go the extra mile for respectful customers who appreciate our time and expertise.
If you value our work, you can support us. This half-million-word website is the result of thousands of hours of work and viewed by tens of thousands a month. It’s completely free, and there’s nothing else like it 🙂
Despite frequent requests, we don’t offer free advisory consultations, but we will gladly arrange bookings, subject to availability.
We don’t offer remote technical assistance, retail sales, parts, kits, service data, or proprietary technical information.
Hi Mike, loved the Sansui AU-8500 article. I’m not sure where the balance between cost/time and benefits to the business lies… but your articles are quite something and very unique.
Phillip M
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.