Frequently asked questions about the service and repair of hi-fi electronics, vintage hi-fi gear, how and when repairs are viable, warranty etc.
Cheap rarely equates to good, and this is a lesson that all must learn. Cheap builders, cheap Chinese motorcycles, cheap hi-fi gear, cheap professionals and technical personnel – adages like “the poor man pays twice” exist for a reason. Growing up, my Dad always used to tell me: You get what you pay for, Mike. […]
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Eventually yes, if you want to keep it running. Watches, power tools, motorcycles and electronic equipment all eventually need to be overhauled and/or restored, and this applies to everything built by human hands. This is not to say YOU need to have your equipment overhauled, but eventually, someone will, assuming they see the value in
Very simply, this type of equipment is often almost worthless after just a few years and therefore not worth repairing. If you add in poor serviceability and poor audio performance, compared to even modest hi-fi stereo gear, you end up with very few reasons to repair this stuff and why mjuch of it is simply
As a general principle, yes, of course you can. I’m never worried about equipment having been looked at by others, only about whether others have damaged it. Unfortunately, certain individuals are known to do such poor work so regularly that I may decline to work on equipment they’ve touched. This can be most easily established
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Because all hi-fi equipment and electronic devices contain parts that change over time, wear and need periodic cleaning, lubrication and adjustment. When you combine the sometimes hundreds of electronic parts with mechanical components like the levers, switches, belts, gears, pulleys and connectors found in many types of hi-fi gear, you have a combination of parts
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This is a question I am asked more often than almost any other by folks who don’t live in Western Australia. Above all else, I suggest you try to find someone technically focused, able to provide evidence of their work, who solves problems and who has positive feedback, without the crazed rants a few of
We care for discrete hi-fi stereo equipment, the kind you find in good hi-fi stores. This includes Australasian, European, Japanese, and North American hi-fi stereo (two-channel) equipment, including integrated/pre/phono and power amplifiers, single-cassette decks, CD players, DACs, receivers, tuners, turntables and some shortwave radios, manufactured from 1970. We cater for most good brands, including Accuphase,
