Does your cherished hi-fi stereo equipment need service, repair or overhaul?
Liquid Audio is here to help! Get in touch via our contact form at the bottom of this page, to book services including maintenance, advisory consults, and equipment condition assessments.
We are usually heavily or fully booked so please check our booking status table, below. If in doubt, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Business Details
| Owner: | Mike Fitzpatrick BSc(Hons) GDipEd(Sc) UWA |
| Location: | Carine, Western Australia |
| Specialty: | 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 (for voice calls, no SMS messages please!) |
Booking Status
Please monitor this table for updates as we do not maintain a waitlist. We strive to assist all customers, but high demand for our services means we are frequently fully booked and may not be able to accommodate everyone.
| Booking Type | Availability |
| Service: | Fully booked |
| Repair: | Fully booked |
| Overhaul/restoration: | Fully booked |
| Equipment condition report: | Accepting bookings |
| Advisory service consults: | Accepting bookings |
| Country & interstate bookings: | Fully booked |
| Timing | |
| Updated: | 10 February |
| Check again: | 1 March |
FAQs
Explore over 140 categorised hi-fi FAQs on topics 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
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato
Our advisory service delivers expertise and knowledge informed by science and deep experience with thousands of pieces of classic hi-fi gear. Complementing our unique, free half-million-word, 500+ article/review/video resource with nearly 5 million views, recipients leverage the experience of a specialist and hi-fi nerd entrusted with 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 sensibly-priced consults come in three sizes to help advice-seekers avoid costly mistakes and assist with:
- Comparing/recommending/selecting classic hi-fi stereo equipment
- Locating/importing/procuring rare and collectible equipment
- Achieving the best system improvements and avoiding costly sidestepping
- Turntable, tonearm, cartridge, headshell and accessory recommendations
- Debunking marketing, misinformation, myths and more!
To book a consult, 1) purchase one ⬇️ and 2) complete the contact form.
Mike, I friggin love my amp. You are personally responsible for rekindling my love for music!
Brian E
We’ve noticed an increase in attempts to misuse our advisory service. To clarify, we do not offer unpaid consulting, service data, parts lists or remote technical support.