Recommended HiFi / AV Repairers (Australia)

[Guest]

Still on holiday in Tauranga, but dropped the Sony cassette deck off with Bruce of Stereoscope fame last Tuesday. He was surprised we still listened to cassette tapes! but said he could probably repair it, but would have to import belts from Overseas. He did say older cassette decks had better belts than the later models like ours, but the good thing was that the later models were easier to work on.

Picked up my new second hand turntable at same time, a rareish Yamaha yp-d9, which Bruce reckons is better than an LP12 - will post pic and report when I have it home and set up later in week.

[Owen Y]

Yamaha YP-D9 - Japan-only model I see, from the late 70s - early 80s, a golden era.

 

Direct Drive I believe.  Will be interested to hear about how it sounds.

 

Tonearm looks magnificent, esp the VTA pillar design.

[Guest]

Hi Owen, et al, have now set the turntable up at home, and have created a new post in the HIFi section.

[Faz1553552778]

Can anybody recommend someone to setup/repair my pioneer pl-12r turntable? Preferably in Tauranga but I'm willing to travel a little.

 

 

 

Thanks, Faz

[Owen Y]

Faz - I can only suggest trying John Gilmore over in Hamilton - an electronic technician first & foremost, but may be suitable. Or Warren Turley in Taupo.  See earlier info up in this thread. Maybe a ph call first.

[Faz1553552778]

Thanks Owen, Is there anybody who specifically works on tt's? I'd rather take the risk and ship for the sake of getting it done properly.

 

 

 

Thanks again.

[Owen Y]

Perhaps enquire with:

 

- Retrotronics - http://www.retrotronics.co.nz/detail&id=655

 

- GennLab - http://www.gennlab.com/turntables.html (as mentioned by MW above)

[Guest]

Bruce at Retrotronics seems very busy at moment. Has posted to his website he cannot take any more repairs until August.

[Faz1553552778]

Thanks for the help guys, much appreciated.

[Guest]

Please contribute to this thread if you can recommend a repairer in your locality.

Please try and keep it only to positive recommendations without it descending into a repairer bashing (we all know who we are talking about).

[Guest]

I've had great experiences with CVE Electronics in Coburg, VIC
https://www.facebook.com/CveElectronics/

 

They've fixed traditional HiFi components and TVs for me over the years.

Always been on time, fairly priced and very knowledgeable.

They've also declined a job when they felt they could not achieve a desirable outcome.

[betty boop]

I've always found good service with JLS electronics in Doncaster in melbourne, who i have used to service a variety of gear over the years. they also do warranty service for a whole bunch of brands as well which is pretty handy, you know its being done to manufacturer spec to bring back to new, whether hifi or av gear never been problem. 

 

http://www.jls.net.au

[Darren69]

Trevor at Rage Audio.

http://www.rageaudio.com.au/

He will take a while but the end product is done properly. Highly recommended, he is very passionate about all things amplifier.

[Guest jakeyb77]

I have shipped a few things to @@Zaphod Beeblebrox and been more than happy with the results and information given.

[betty boop]

I dont think should be hesitant to talk to actual importer/distributor in the country as well, eg

 

I've also lately on a couple of occasions found qualifi themselves to be very good in service as importers/distributors of brands they support. e.g. denon and marantz gear to be specific.

http://qualifi.com.au

 

with rega and cambridge products I cannot more highly recommend synergy audio...really go out of the way

http://www.synergyaudio.com

 

there are some good hifi retailers which provide some in-house service as well and Tivoli comes front of mind with this,

https://www.tivolihifi.com

[Guest jakeyb77]

Had a valve done by Tony Mackay who does work out of Tivoli.  Very happy with result.

[Cafad]

When I was up in Townsville I had several dealings with TES on Ingham road.  Never had the chance to meet the guys out the back but I was always happy with the result, they were always pretty busy so it could take 2 to 3 weeks to get a repair performed but once it was fixed it stayed that way, no returns necessary.  

 

http://www.tesc.com.au/

[Green Wagon]

Sydney area.

 

Pete_mac

Skippy124

Zaphod

 

Why do I always forget the other guys ?

I know theres more.

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Brisbane area.

 

I know a guy that does valve gear as an after hours hobby in west end Brisbane. But he gets very busy so budget several months.

PM me for contact email.

 

This gent has been mentioned before, I have no experience of him.

Tq Electronics
Address: Unit 10 81 Bishop St, Kelvin Grove, QLD, 4059
Phone number: (07) 33526788

 

Just been informed these guys shut shop a while ago.

Phone number goes to an auto business now.

Edited August 18, 2016 by Green Wagon

[billyboyrm]

Repairers in ACT - Queanbeyan area:

 

http://www.thefactoryaudio.com  Address is 24 Kevin St Evatt ACT.  The other one is Duratone hifi in Botany Street Phillip ACT, 

[finetune]

Anyone in Brisbane?  Need Sansui and Nad repair

 

Thanks in advance

[Hergest]

For Sydney. Kimil Electronics. 220 Georges River Rd, Croydon Park

[rocky500]

In W.A. I have had excellent service and results with RF Waves. http://www.rfwaves.com.au/

 

[Hi-Fi Whipped]

Need to have my Arcam repaired on the Sunshine Coast, pretty sure I've found a good repairer, hope to be back to this thread in a week or so with positive feedback and a recommendation 

[Benny G]

On 16/08/2016 at 0:04 PM, al said:

I've always found good service with JLS electronics in Doncaster in melbourne, who i have used to service a variety of gear over the years. they also do warranty service for a whole bunch of brands as well which is pretty handy, you know its being done to manufacturer spec to bring back to new, whether hifi or av gear never been problem. 

 

http://www.jls.net.au

Thanks for the recomendation.

I've had a couple of awful experiences with getting old gear serviced.

I have got a couple of lovely NADs that need some work, so I am going to give these guys a try.

[sansui111]

i have good service from Speaker Hospital good speaker and to electronic repairs 

 

http://www.speakerhospital.com.au/