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.
Our reputation for excellence and assisting the hi-fi community means we are usually heavily booked so please check our service booking status, below.
Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
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, tuners, cassette decks |
| 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 booking availability updates as it’s impractical to maintain a waitlist. We strive to assist all enquirers but the high demand for our services means we may not be able to help everyone.
| Booking Type | Availability |
| Service: | Accepting bookings |
| Repair: | Accepting bookings |
| Overhaul/restoration: | Fully booked |
| Condition report/assessment: | Accepting bookings |
| Interstate bookings: | Fully booked |
| Advisory service: | Accepting bookings |
| Timing | |
| Updated: | 14 January |
| Check again: | 1 February |
FAQs
Explore over 135 categorised FAQs specifically written to assist, including:
- 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 radiograms?
- What’s the best moving coil preamplifier?
- What’s the deal with capacitors?
- Vintage or modern CD players?
- Why don’t all CD players sound the same?
- What’s the deal with cartridge alignment?
- Belt-drive or direct-drive?
- How much will my service or repair cost?
- Is the Denon DL-103 any good?
- Can I use 100V equipment in Australia?
- How do I find a better-sounding amplifier?
- + 125 more
Advice
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato
Liquid Audio’s advisory service delivers expertise and knowledge complementing a unique resource of 500+ articles, FAQs, reviews and videos with nearly 5 million views. Recipients leverage the conflict-of-interest-free experience of a technician and hi-fi enthusiast entrusted with equipment like this, this and this.
Expert advice –> greater knowledge –> smarter decisions –> better sound 🙂
A consult can assist with:
- Comparing/recommending vintage/classic hi-fi stereo equipment
- Locating, selecting and procuring equipment
- Analog/digital component and system assessment/improvement
- Turntable, tonearm, cartridge, headshell and accessory recommendations, and more!
Customers appreciate the transformative effects and money, time, and pain savings our consults deliver. The purchase price simply covers my time, the expertise is free 🙂
Note that we’re unable to share confidential service data or offer remote technical assistance and always recommend equipment be taken to a skilled technician.
[Mike is] one of the most helpful guys I have ever spoken to about hi-fi.
Mark T
Mike, I friggin love my amp. You are personally responsible for rekindling my love for music!
Brian E