Frequently asked questions about Liquid Audio, how we operate and our key points of difference compared to other electronics repairers.
Yes, very much so. Knowing what real instruments sound like is incredibly helpful when appraising hi-fi equipment and systems. Unlike many, I know what real drums, guitars, basses, keyboards and other instruments do sound like, and should sound like. I even still have my drum kit, though sadly I am not currently playing. On the […]
The FAQs save everyone time, by addressing questions I’m most commonly asked. Honestly, there are questions I’ve probably been asked hundreds of times now over the last 10+ years. Answering commonly asked questions like these takes a chunk of time and, without a good alternative, I’d almost never get any work done! I write each
Only what is necessary to carefully complete the work you’ve asked us to do, and no more. Based in Perth, Liquid Audio has quietly become one of the most trusted specialists in Australia, delivering class-leading service, advice, professionalism, results, value, and trusted by some of Perth’s leading hi-fi retailers and Australia’s most discerning equipment owners.
Unfortunately, I’ve not found it viable to maintain a waitlist. This doesn’t only apply to my business, either; very few owner-operator businesses involved with specialised work with variable timeframes keep waitlists. There is one of me, and many hundreds of new and returning customers, each with unique equipment and requirements, making completion times variable/uncertain and
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A few of my customers ride motorcycles and this question always comes up, so here they are, in chronological order, with my rough year of ownership noted: Bike Model Year Owned Motobecane 50cc moped circa 1975? circa 1984 Yamaha RZ250 water-cooled 1985 circa 1987 Yamaha RD250 air cooled late ’70s circa 1988 Yamaha RD400 air-cooled
To clarify: I don’t like working on equipment that others have ruined, sadly, a relatively common scenario. In a nutshell, I don’t enjoy cleaning up messes created by others, hospital handpasses, as they are called in footy. The best scenario is hi-fi equipment that is unmolested, perhaps dirty or even broken, but in otherwise good,
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No, all customers and equipment are treated equally here, with the only exceptions being some commercial jobs, and they don’t pay more. I’ve been asked this a few times, with the imputation that these people would like to push their way to the front of my customer queue. I can must assume it’s worked before
