The Retro Directory

Audio T Bristol | Specialist Hi-Fi and Home Cinema Store

Bristol, Bristol

Independent hi‑fi and home cinema retailer in central Bristol offering demonstration rooms, sales of speakers, turntables and cassette players, specialist turntable servicing/upgrades (notably Linn and Rega) and ultrasonic record cleaning (Degritter MKII). Provides home demonstrations, part‑exchange and next‑day delivery.

Back to the Past Swindon | Retro & VIntage Buy & Sell Specialists

Swindon

Back to the Past Swindon is a Gorse Hill-based retro & vintage buy‑and‑sell specialist. They stock and purchase 1970s–1990s items including vintage computers, consoles and games, handheld electronic games, toys, Walkmans and cassette players, hi‑fi and vinyl. The business runs a physical shop (open most Thurs–Sat), offers written valuations, collection purchases and film scanning/conversion services, and sells to worldwide collectors.

BEO Repairs | vintage bang and olufsen repairs

Market Drayton, Shropshire

BEO Repairs is a UK specialist in vintage Bang & Olufsen audio (mid‑1960s to mid‑1990s). Services include repairs, full servicing and restoration of Beograms, Beomasters, Beolits, Beocords, Beocentres, Beovox and Beolab speakers; parts supply; and buying & selling serviced machines. Based in Market Drayton, Shropshire, they accept UK drop‑offs/collections by arrangement and can ship items.

Cassette player repairs, AB Repair | Morpeth

Morpeth

AB Repair (Morpeth) is an online specialist repairing and refurbishing retro electronics. Their site documents services and guides for cassette players, CRT TVs/monitors, Sega Game Gear LCD repairs, MiniDisc/Pocket MD audio mods and other retro PC/tech items. They also sell tested refurbished devices via an online shop and provide technical guides and PCB/board repair services.

Cassette Player/Walkman Repair Service

Mail-in specialist repairing and mechanically restoring vintage portable cassette players, with a focus on Sony Walkman models (eg. TPS-L2, WM-10, WM-F10). Services include belt/idler replacement, head cleaning and demagnetising, lubrication and speed calibration, plus deeper restorations and electrical diagnostics quoted after inspection. Diagnostic deposit required; typical repairs £125–£195 and turnaround is around 2–3 weeks after receipt.

Electronics | Repair Café Glasgow

Glasgow

Volunteer-run Repair Café Glasgow runs monthly public repair sessions in Glasgow (last Saturday of the month) where volunteers diagnose and repair a wide range of items. Their electronics team regularly works on radios, cassette players/recorders, CD players, speakers, headphones and gaming consoles, offering free advice and basic repairs at community venues such as Clyde Community Hall.

HiFi Servicing and Repairs

Devizes, Wiltshire

Vinyl Realm is a Devizes high‑street shop and workshop specialising in vinyl records and specialist hi‑fi servicing. They repair amplifiers (including valve amps), turntables (cartridge/stylus fitting, belts, tonearm set‑up), CD and cassette players, speakers and speaker driver replacements, and supply parts and accessories. On‑site workshop and a diagnostic/booking procedure applies.

Maple Audio - Maple Audio

Norton St Philip / Bath

Maple Audio (near Bath) is a specialist audio repair workshop and spare-parts supplier with 25+ years' experience. They repair and restore vintage hi‑fi equipment — turntables, tape decks, cassette players and stereos — for trade and end users, operate an online parts shop and act as an authorised service centre for many manufacturers.

Personal Cassette Player Repair - Fix Tech Fast

Fix Tech Fast is a UK electronics service centre offering specialist repairs for personal cassette players and other portable audio equipment. They handle common vintage faults (drive belts/idlers, bearings, worn rollers), battery and jack repairs, water-damage recovery and offer diagnostics, express turnaround, micro-soldering and a mailed-in repair service with warranty options.

Repair Service for Sony Walkman and Portable Cassette Players

Prell Electronics provides flat-rate mail-in repair for Sony Walkman and other portable cassette players. Services include lubrication, alignment, calibration and parts sourcing, with typical turnaround of 6–8 weeks. They accept international Walkman repair orders (US, Canada, Australia and the UK) and offer a 60-day repair warranty.

RETRO HI-FI SYSTEM - Quality Dream Audio

Ripe, East Sussex

Family-run UK specialist in pre-owned Bang & Olufsen audio offering sales of serviced vintage Beogram/Beosystem components, a dedicated repairs workshop (free diagnosis), speaker recovering/refoaming, spare parts sourcing and nationwide/Europe shipping; visits by appointment.

Services, Upgrades & Repairs - Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Leith‑based hi‑fi retailer and authorised service centre offering showroom demos, sales and comprehensive servicing for analogue and digital audio. Services include turntable setup and overhaul (Rega, Linn LP12, VPI), cassette and open‑reel servicing, amplifier repairs and capacitor replacement, ultrasonic vinyl cleaning, cable burn‑in and room acoustic analysis. Nationwide mail‑in repairs plus local drop‑off and collection.