Sit back, relax and browse our collection of currently available hi-fi equipment.
Welcome to the Liquid Audio store, where the attention to detail we’re famous for means you can purchase with confidence from a specialist with a reputation for excellence.
- Every piece has been inspected, tested, cleaned, repaired and/or serviced, as required
- Most pieces come with a three-month warranty
- Local sales are preferred but packing and insured shipping are available in some cases via our shipping partner Pack & Send
If you’ve seen something elsewhere on the site that doesn’t appear here in the store, you’ll find it in our sold equipment gallery.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
Store Categories
- Advisory Services
- Amplifiers & Preamplifiers
- Cassette Decks
- CD Players & DACs
- Miscellaneous
- Receivers
- Speakers
- Tuners
- Turntables
- Clearance Corner
- Previously Sold Equipment
Advice & Guidance
Expert advice –> improved knowledge –> smarter decisions –> better equipment –> better sound
Liquid Audio’s advisory service delivers expertise and insight from a unique, rarely accessible, non-retail, specialist perspective. We’re here to protect you from pseudoscience, marketing BS and the pressure to buy new and often inferior equipment and can assist with:
- Vintage/classic hi-fi equipment, assessments, recommendations and sourcing
- Tonearms, cartridges, matching, vinyl accessories and turntable system building
- Technical, parts and maintenance questions, basic troubleshooting advice and more
Advice bites come in 10 and 20-minute lengths and suit a wide range of briefer enquiries:
Consults are available in 30 and 60-minute lengths and are ideal for in-depth voice and video discussions:
To access our advisory service, simply purchase a block/consult and submit your questions via the contact form.
Amplifiers & Preamplifiers
Nothing currently available!
Cassette Decks
Nothing currently available!
CD Players & DACs
Perpetual Technologies P-3A DAC + Monolithic Sound Outboard Power Supply
Wow, check out this recently serviced duo! This lovely DAC and power supply pair can be used together, or the DAC can be used with its own supplied power supply.
Either way, they make a compelling pair, especially given that the Perpetual Technologies DAC has received the well-regarded Modwright modifications, expensive in their own right.
The P3-A DAC was very well regarded and reviewed when it launched in 2001. You can read what Stereophile thought about it, but in a nutshell, they found it to be one of the best-measuring DACs they had ever tested.
This classic vintage DAC and power supply are a one local owner pair, in original boxes, with paperwork. Sold together for just $395.
Miscellaneous
NOS Raytheon JAN 5703WB ‘Trivistor’ Vacuum Tubes
Many will have seen my articles and videos on the iconic Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 21 Tube DAC. If you need a set of 5703WB vacuum tubes for yours, look no further.
I have 50+ – now approx 30 Raytheon 5703WB vacuum tubes available for sale, all from the same production batch. This is the mil-spec, 50+G-rated triode tube used in the class-A output buffer of the Tri-Vista 21, Tri-Vista SACD Player, the Tri-Vista 300 Integrated Amplifier and others.
This batch of NOS Joint Arm Navy Raytheon 5703W tubes was made in December 1979 and is a rare find. Good examples like these rarely come up for sale. Many I’ve seen are later examples, in tatty boxes, sometimes even used. Remember, with NOS tubes, the older the better, generally speaking.
Grab a pristine NOS set for your Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 21 or other projects whilst these early-date code units are available. Keep them tucked away for when you need them – if you own equipment that uses them, you will eventually need to replace them.
All boxes are intact and present in excellent to perfect condition. All tubes are NOS, never used, and in perfect condition. Priced at just $25 AUD per tube.
Receivers
Lovely Rotel RX-202 Mk2 AM/FM Stereo Receiver
Just in and just repaired by yours truly, this lovely Rotel RX-202 Mk2 receiver is ready for a new home. This all-analog receiver has the AM/FM tuner, a phono preamp, and several line-level inputs for your listening convenience.
I’ve just replaced the fuses and power supply capacitors with uprated parts and this old girl is quiet as a mouse and running beautifully! This lovely vintage Rotel receiver is priced at just $250.
Lovely Marantz SR-73 Stereo/Surround Receiver
Yes, we have another affordable and cute little receiver for sale, this one a pristine Marantz SR-73 receiver, with manual and loop antenna. This one-owner unit is perfect for a second system or someone’s first!
This little beauty is also just $195.
Speakers
Ultra-Rare Pair of Genuine, NOS Yamaha NS-1200 / JA3120 Woofer Re-Cone Kits!
Genuine parts like these never, EVER come up and this is likely the only pair of genuine Yamaha NS-1200 JA3120 woofer re-cone kits available IN THE WORLD! Given that I don’t own NS1200s, I need to move these re-cone kits on to someone who does.
This pair of re-cone kits will repair and renew the cones, spiders, voice coils and surrounds of JA3120 woofers. If you own NS-1200s and want to re-cone your JA3120 woofers, the only way to do it is with genuine parts like these. When professionally installed, it’s basically like having a new driver. The woofers cannot retain their original Theile-Small characteristics unless you use genuine parts, meaning they will never sound the same unless genuine parts are used.
These genuine Yamaha re-cone kits come in their factory original boxes and include cones, surrounds, voice coils, spiders and braids. The boxes retain their original foam support material, meaning shipping should be safe, though insurance is a must on something like this.
This is a set of two genuine Yamaha re-cone kits, in original factory packaging, and perfect, original condition. They have never been used, so voice coils and everything else are perfect. There will likely never be another pair of these for sale, so if you own a pair of Yamaha NS-1200s and want to refresh the woofers, or if you have JA3120 woofers that need repair, this is perhaps your last chance to do it properly.
The price for these otherwise unobtainable re-cone kits is $1000 AUD for the pair, plus shipping and insurance where applicable. These are NOS parts, in perfect, factory original condition.
NOTE: I’ve had requests for dimensions, DCR measurements, etc. This is like asking for the dimensions of a 195/65R15 tyre. If you own NS-1200s and need JA3120 re-cone kits, these are the correct, original Yamaha parts. Simply purchase them if the price works for you and if not, no problem.
Get in touch if you have any questions about purchasing this pair of re-cone kits!
Tuners
Nothing currently available
Turntables & Vinyl
Lovely Hitachi HT-460 direct-drive fully automatic turntable!
Wow, this beauty is almost perfect! Just repaired and serviced, she runs like new and is a really solid machine, typical of Hitachi gear of the time.
The HT-460 is the equivalent of something like a Technics SL-1600 in terms of functionality, specs and so on.
Hitachi HT-460 Specifications
Drive system: DD full auto
Motor: non-commutator DC servo motor (uni-torque motor)
Platter: Aluminum die casting
Wow and flutter: 0.03%(WRMS)
S/N ratio_ 74dB(DIN-B)
Tonearm: Stylus-force Direct-reading type static balance type pipe arm
Arm effective length: 220mm
Stylus-force range: 0-3g / 1 rotation (being a 0.2g step Direct reading)
Supply voltage: 240v
Power consumption: 4W
Dimensions: W 450x H 141x D of 367mm
Weight: 8.3kg
I love the fully automatic operation here, allowing for set and forget operation, for each side of a record at least!
Incredibly, this is another one-owner-from-new machine, kindly donated to us for repair and sale. Thank you to her previous owner, let’s find her a new home!
This Hitachi HT-460 direct-drive turntable comes with the original Hitachi MM cartridge, just serviced, with other cartridge options available upon request.
Grab this beautiful Japanese-made classic for just $595.
Dual 1225 Turntable, For Parts or Project!
Check out this lovely old Dual 1225 idler drive turntable. Everything is there but sold for parts or projects with cables cut.
This Dual 1225 is perfect for setting up in a new plinth or for parts if you own a Dual idler drive deck already. $100
Lovely Aurealis R3 Tonearm Cable, Made in Oz!
Check out this nice little tonearm cable, from Australian cable manufacturer Aurealis. This lovely cable is 0.75m in length and features premium ETI hollow pin RCA connectors and LITZ UPOCC cable.
This is a $400 RRP cable, details available here.
This one is like new and is available for just $275.
Clearance Corner
Welcome to our clearance corner, where you’ll find equipment needing a little TLC. This might be perfect for your next project, hard-to-find spare parts like knobs, fascias etc, or things like boards, modules and assemblies. I would keep these pieces if I had the room, but I don’t, so they have to go.
Equipment in our clearance corner:
- Needs work and is partly or non-functional
- Is sold as-is, grab-and-go
- Make me an offer!
Arcam Alpha 9 Integrated Amplifier
Sold for parts or projects, one intact but non-functional Arcam Alpha 9 integrated amplifier. $100
