I’m gonna try to sum up the value of this place. I’m an early 80s kid who spent my youth at Roxy wheels roller skating rink and the RC car hobby shop in the same plaza. Century Electronics was located in the same plaza. My friends and I would go in the store and look at all the hifi stereo equipment. This was probably nearing the end of the HIFI stereo era which produced the best iconic stereo equipment of all time. Needless to say we were tolerated even tho we couldn’t afford anything in the store.
Fast forward 30 years. My collection of stereo equipment was all manufactured before I was born by a good decade. It’s the type of equipment that you get fixed and will never ever see the bottom up a dumpster. The number of individuals still alive with the skill to service these units and restore them to their glory is dwindling every year that goes by. Century Electronics has not 1, but 2 old school techs that can fix anything from Marantz receivers, McIntosh tube amplifiers to speakers all made before the Vietnam war. They take pride in their work and preserve quality by refusing to use cheap Chinese capacitors and other inferior parts. This is the only place I will take my equipment. Don’t expect to walk in for the ABT style showroom with 100k of product. The back room repair shop is where...
Read moreWhat a great guy the owner Ladi is, he sold me a pair of Klipsch 4.2 speakers for $300 bucks, what a great deal that was, he is such a nice person to talk to and he has great stories to tell also lol, he took the time to make sure that everything worked properly for me. Ladi has a tremendous selection of stereo components to chose from, so many different manufactures, he makes you feel like your part of the family, I hooked up the Klipsch speakers and to be honest there they best sounding speakers I have ever heard, wow thanks Ladi for your time I look forward to...
Read moreGreat shop if you want your car stereo system done right. I have done all 3 of my previous cars anywhere from custom sub enclosure,multiple amps set-up to just a head unit upgrade, they do it all. Highly recommended.
Update. Just finished sound upgrade on 2018 Focus ST. Ken has done it right again! With Alpine type r tweeters, 12" sub and mrx -m500 amp this one is...
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