Does your cherished hi-fi stereo equipment need a little TLC?
Contact us via the form at the bottom of this page regarding your service, repair, overhaul, consultation, valuation and condition report requirements. Our business details and booking status follow. Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.
Business Details
| Owner: | Mike Fitzpatrick BSc(Hons) GDipEd(SecSc) |
| Location: | 25 Mathis Way, Carine, Western Australia |
| Specialty: | Precision service, repair & restoration of classic hi-fi stereo equipment |
| Focus: | Integrated/pre/power amplifiers, turntables, CD players, DACs |
| Open: | Tuesday – Friday, 10 am – 5 pm Saturday, 10 am – 1 pm (Perth time) |
| Bookings: | By appointment |
| Phone: | (+61) 0439 690 436 |
Booking Status
We are frequently fully booked; my apologies for any inconvenience. Customers are encouraged to monitor this table as we don’t maintain a waitlist or schedule bookings in advance.
| Booking Type | Current Availability |
| Service: | Fully booked |
| Repair: | Fully booked |
| Overhaul & restoration: | Fully booked |
| Inspection & condition report: | Fully booked |
| Valuation: | Bookings available |
| Consultation: | Bookings available |
| Interstate bookings: | Fully booked |
| Timing Information | |
| Last updated: | 14 July |
| Check again: | 1 August |
| Notes: | Experiencing delays due to illness, and back pain from lifting B&W speakers! |
FAQs
Explore more than 140 hi-fi FAQs, including:
- All about class A, class AB and class D amplifiers
- Is turntable hum ‘normal’?
- What is the “only 50 hours” cartridge meme?
- Should I play records on my radiogram?
- What’s the best moving coil preamplifier?
- What’s the deal with capacitors?
- What’s better – vintage or modern CD players?
- 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 much will my service or repair cost?
- How good is the Denon DL-103 MC cart?
- Can I use 100V equipment in Australia?
- How do I acquire a better-sounding amplifier?
- + 130 more
Advice
You asked, we listened: Our advisory service offers something unique: 1) expertise and insight, 2) informed by science, 3) experience with thousands of pieces of hi-fi equipment, 4) delivered by an educator/trusted specialist, 5) focused on informing and 6) unburdened by the need to sell equipment.
[Mike is] one of the most helpful guys I have ever spoken to about hi-fi.
Mark T
Our library of 500+ free articles, reviews, and videos has over 5 million views. Our advisory service delivers guidance from the specialist responsible and entrusted with caring for the beautiful hi-fi equipment you see here. We’d be glad to assist you, too!
We consult with customers on:
- Selecting hi-fi equipment based on use-case, budget, listening environment, tastes, etc
- Saving time and money, avoiding rabbit holes and detecting marketing BS
- Sourcing and safely importing rare and collectible hi-fi equipment
- Achieving system improvements by goal: most significant, best value, improving resolution, reducing noise, etc
- Turntable system design, tonearm, cartridge, headshell matching, best accessories, and more!
Consults are available in three sizes, and pay for themselves, usually many times over: check our advisory service feedback. To book, purchase one and complete the contact form.
Mike, I friggin’ love my amp. You are personally responsible for rekindling my love for music!
Brian E
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