Audiotronics — Local services in Melbourne

This place is the real deal if you want to have your electronics repaired. Ken has been doing it for 30 years and he can fix old to new. I have been there numerous times as I have delved into "vintage" stereo equipment. He has evaluated equipment for me at a very reasonable price. He has also repaired both vintage tube and early "transistor" Macintosh amplifiers. His shop is small and not fancy but probably keeps his overhead low and therefore reasonable rates. Recently he serviced and tuned up two vintage Technics 1200 turntables and installed new headshells and cartridges (provided by me), replaced one set of cables and the cost was less than $80. He also services musican's amps and equipment. He is also prompt and does the...

This is a single-man repair-service operation. My experience dealing with Ken (the name of the guy) has been a positive one. He was willing to go the distance in repairing my broken stereo preamplifier. It was not a common problem, but because of his willingness, he was able to solve it. And my preamplifier became like new again operationally. Ken is very nice and pleasant to deal with. He is very knowledgeable about electronics too. His charge is very reasonable. If you have broken electronics that you would like to repair, bring it to him. You will be pleased with...

Took an older set of Minimus 77s to Ken for refoaming. Picked them up today. I walked in and spied a set of Bose Series 2 301s that had been freshly refoamed and were in excellent condition. The price was right and both sets went in the car. Set up the Bose in my living room with my Marantz 1515 receiver and was in LOVE. Alas, my pristine Cerwin Vega AT-10s went in the spare bedroom until I can make room for them. Both sets are fabulous at an extremely fair and reasonable price. What a terrific guy he is! Go see him and tell...