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

Contact us regarding your service, repair, overhaul, advice, valuation and equipment condition assessment requirements. Find out how to book equipment, view our business details, current booking status and enquiry form, below.

Business Details

How To Book

Booking equipment with us is easy:

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

Demand for bookings exceeds capacity, and it’s unfortunately not viable to maintain a waitlist. Check back dates are a guide, but don’t guarantee that bookings will be available. Get in touch if you have questions.

Booking Status

FAQs

I’ve written more than 150 hi-fi FAQs to address the questions I’m most frequently asked, including:

• How do I book equipment for service or repair?
• How much will my service or repair cost?
• 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 equipment from Japan and it blew up, can you help?
• How do I find a better-sounding amplifier?
• + 130 more

Advice & Guidance

As you’ll see from our content, good advice is like gold, improving knowledge and hi-fi system performance. In a hobby where misinformation is common and trustworthy sources are rare, Liquid Audio proudly delivers science-and-experience-informed expertise and knowledge from a rarely accessible specialist perspective.

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

Mark T

Our advisory service is uncompromised and unbiased, and driven by a professional who doesn’t receive kickbacks or need to sell or convince people of anything. Only my time needs to be covered, like other professional engagements. Complementing our half-million-word library of 650 articles, reviews, FAQs and videos, we are entrusted with equipment like this, this, this and this, and can assist with:

• Choosing, sourcing and importing hi-fi equipment
• Improving hi-fi systems and in-room performance
• Turntables, cartridges, tonearms and all things vinyl, from a true vinyl aficionado

Consultations can be purchased using the button below. Read more about specialist assistance and check our advisory service feedback.

Notes

If you appreciate what we do, please consider supporting us. This site is ad-free and unpaywalled, and one of the most trusted of its kind, something I’m especially proud of. It’s a lot of work, though, and your support is appreciated.

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

Brian E

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

We don’t offer unpaid/free consultations, valuations or technical assistance, sell kits, service parts, supply service data, or intellectual property.

Enquiry Form

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