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Please read on for hi-fi service overhaul rebuilds renovation repair mono, stereo as well as quadraphonic and record cleaning advice, help, hints and tips. Click on this sentence to go straight to the Repairs page, but please return to look at our other useful links. Also please click on the following for service help:-
Acoustic Research A&R Cambridge ADC Aiwa Akai Alpha Amerex Alphason AMC Ampeg amplifiers Arena AR Arcam Ariston Armstrong Assemblage Audio Innovations Audio lab Audiolab Aurex Avance AVI B&O B&W Beard Beocord Beogram Beomaster Boston Acoustics Bose Brennel BSR Bush Cambridge Audio Carlton Carver cd repairs cassette deck Casio Celestion Cerwin Vega Chord Connoiseur Cord Counterpoint Creek Croft Custom Sound Cyrus Dansette Decca Denon Dual Dunlop Dynatron Eagle Echo EAR Exposure Fender Fenman Fennman Ferguson Ferrograph Fisher Fisher Gale Garard Garrard Goldring Goldring Lenco Goodmans Grundig Hacker Haffler Hafler Harbeth Harman Kardon Haybrook Heybrook Hitachi HMV Hughes IMF Inkel Integrex ITT KB Jamo JBL Jim Rogers JR JVC Kef KEF Kelvin Labs Kenwood Kettner Klinger Korg Korting Laney Leak Lenco Linx loundspeaker Lumley Lux Luxman Lynx Marantz Marconiphone Marshall Martin Logan McIntosh Meridian Michell Michel Micro Seiki Mission Mitsubishi Monitor Audio Murphy Musical Fidelity Nad NAD Naim Nakamichi National NEAL Northcourt NRG Nytech Onix Onkyo Optonica Orange Panasonic Peavey Philips Phillips Pilot Pioneer Proton PYE QED Quad Quad Electroacoustics Radford Radio Radiogram receiver record deck recorder Rega Revolver Revox Roberts Roksan Roland Rogers Rotel Sansui Sanyo Scan Dyna Servo Sound Sharp Sherwood Sonab Sony Soundlab Spendor Sugden Superscope Tandberg Tannoy Teac Technics Telefunken Toshiba Thorens Trace-Eliot Tresham Trilogy Trio tuner tuneramp tuner-amp Uher Vega Vintage Vox Wem Wharfdale Wireless Yamaha vintage repairs Vintage valve radios and radiograms
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December 19th 2014, London Sound was 45 years old. Also, on January 23rd 2015, we celebrated 25 years at our present freehold high street shop address.
We are slowly preparing special pages for the main products we deal with. The first ones are for AVI Armstrong, Leak, NEAL, Quad, Radford and Rogers - just click on the name on the left - or in this sentence. We also have a CD repairs link. More will follow soon, starting with A&R and Tandberg. This does not mean we are less happy with other brands, just that we have more information on these brands, even on very early models, in our detailed service data records, making it easier to prepare these special pages.
Repair standards (or how to identify a bodger!)
CD Repairs (a page giving details of a professional CD repairer offering free estimates and a 12 month guarantee)
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We mend, service, repair, overhaul audio and hi-fi equipment. We do not offer "quick fixes", neither are we a dealer or retailer trying to sell you something new. We just put things right, make them work, and if possible, we make them work like new. This can range from vintage wireless receivers from the 1930's, right up to some of the finest of modern hi-fi equipment. We do not normally work on equipment less than twenty five years old as if it is good equipment, but failed that quickly, you can reasonably expect the manufacturers to carry out a free or very inexpensive repair. But if they refuse, please ask us.
We happily repair amplifiers, receivers, cassette decks, loudspeakers, record decks, tape recorders, (reel to reel), tuners, tuner-amplifiers, and some other hi-fi, stereo, and even mono items.
All repairs are guaranteed for 12 months, in writing, (except for repairs carried out free of charge). Full details of the service are found on the repairs page, but in brief, all of our estimates are free, and we can often give a guide price by email, (londonsound@msn.com), or go to basic details page for more information). Please note, as explained in more detail on the repairs page, the guarantee covers the equipment, not just the repairs carried out - almost the same as buying new!
Contact us for advice - a few pence spent on the 'phone may save you hundreds spent on a repair so can certainly be worthwhile - details below:
For technical help and advice, please email londonsound@msn.org, or ring Mike Solomons on 020 8868 9222.
What makes and kinds of equipment do we handle? The list on the left is not comprehensive, but should give a guide to the main types and brands handled - just look to see if your equipment is listed, and click on the name.
Click on any item in the lists at the top of this page, to the left or below, to be transferred to the appropriate "repairs" page.
Can't see the brand name of your equipment in the list? We may still be able to help, as often the lesser known brands are of equipment made by well known manufacturers, just with a different badge! Also, we are happy to consider unusual brands and custom built equipment. All that is needed is to email write or 'phone, and we'll be happy to advise, (contact details above).
We operate the Keith Monks vinyl record cleaning service using the cleaning machine shown to the right.
If you look closely at the photograph, it will become obvious that this is an old machine - we have offered this service, using this machine, since 1975! It has required servicing from time to time, but basically is, in our view, easily the best record cleaning machine available anywhere, at any price! And at this age, what a wonderful testament to the quality of manufacture, especially, if you consider that when London Sound purchased it in 1975 - it was second hand!
For further details, visit KMAL vinyl record cleaning, where you will see details of the service, as well as our charges or ring 020 8868 9222.
For technical help and advice, please ring Mike Solomons on 020 8868 9222.
The shop telephone line is normally open Monday to Friday 8.00. am. to 5.00. pm, (excluding early closing on Wednesdays - when we close at 1pm). We do not close for lunch. Please note that the shop door is not usually opened until 10 am.