Welcome

We are Central Ohio’s ONLY Wharfedale speaker dealer, come experience the modern Wharfedale Legacy line at our shop in Columbus Ohio.

Stereo Lab is located at 4532 Indianola Ave. in Columbus, Ohio. We have been working on vintage gear since 1996 at this location and have a heritage going back to the Stereo Lab retail stores of the ’70’s and ’80’s .

We repair turntables, receivers, amps, open reel decks, cassette decks and 8 tracks. We have extensive antique and tube radio repair and restoration experience and we repair and restore console stereos.

Our specialties include repair and restoration of antique radio, console stereo, and Pioneer open reel decks. We even repair the mid century German sets such as Grundig and Emud.

Stereo Lab is your source for turntable repairs, maintenance, needles and cartridges. We are a Grado, Audio Technica and an Ortofon dealer. Bring in your turntable for a free turntable tune up! (Includes belt inspection, balance, speed inspection and set up).

We are also Columbus Speaker Co. since 1954! We repair speakers with new surrounds, crossover upgrades and wire repairs. We are no longer re-coning speakers unless we know up front we can get the parts. (Please be advised, if you have a large PA speaker it needs to be removed from the case when you bring it in).

All sales and repairs carry a 90 day warranty. See details here about our warranty.

As of 04/27/22 we have a 8-10 week backlog.

Open 11:30 – 6PM weekdays, 10-3 on Saturday and by appointment on Sunday. Closed Monday.

Contact us today.

Turntables and Accessories

We specialize in helping you get the most from your turntable. We can adjust your piece and give it a check up right at the front counter while you wait for free! Just ask for the turntable spec check. If your turntable needs a belt or a needle we will install it for you right then and there.

If your turn table needs more attention, we can do that too. We have been working on turntables for over 20 years and can repair them all. Older pieces with idler wheels to more modern tables with direct drive.

We stock needles and cartridges for many brands and we are adding to our inventory every day. We are an authorized Grado dealer and we also sell Audio Technica. We even have a limited supply of new old stock idler wheels. We carry a line of phono pre-amps, and record washer kits. Think of Stereo Lab when you think of your turntable needs.

We can repair your Victrola or Grammophone too! Edison cylinder players, crank record players, early AC tables and more. We work with partners to re-spring and re-condition old player motors. Let us help with your 20’s or 30’s era table.

(614) 268-5500 Contact phresh@stereo-lab.com

Vintage Audio Repair

Stereo Lab has been repairing vintage audio equipment in Beechwold (Clintonville), since 1996. Generations have come to Stereo Lab to have their beloved gear cleaned and repaired. Our current tech staff have almost 150 years of experience between them, you can trust the staff at Stereo Lab to do it right.

We routinely repair pre-1990 equipment such as tuners, amps, receivers, turntables, antique tube radio, tube hi-fi gear, speakers, console stereo, open reel decks and cassette decks. All of our repairs carry a 45 day limited warranty on the work we do.

Items we repair:

  1. Stereo receivers
  2. Stereo amplifiers
  3. Tube Hi-Fi
  4. Antique tube radio
  5. Cassette decks
  6. Open reel decks
  7. Turntables
  8. Console Stereos

Contact Joe, Scott or Tim at the Lab today for your repairs. Dial (614) 268-5500. We are open from 11:30 -6 Tuesday – Friday and 10-3 on Saturday. Open by appointment only on Sunday.

Vintage Audio Sales

We offer a range of select vintage pieces for sale at any given time. The inventory changes as new things come in and are moved on to the sales floor. We typically have a couple of turntables, receivers and amps available for sale. These pieces represent a fantastic value for vintage audio enthusiasts. All of our used vintage items have been pro serviced have spent time on the bench and carry a 45 day warranty. We extensively test the used retail gear to ensure it is playing within specification and meet our critical listening criteria. You can rest assured a piece purchased today will sound fantastic when you hook it up at home.

We service and sell legacy brands such as Pioneer, Marantz, Voice of Music, Sansui, Technics, Bell, Akai, Teac, Sony, Carver, Kenwood and more.

We specialize in the repair and restoration of console stereos and have vast experience with antique tube radios. We typically keep some of the antique gear in inventory for sale.

Speakers

We are also Columbus Speaker, a brand that has been in central Ohio since 1954. We repair all types of speakers including:

  1. Antique field coil speakers
  2. Modern Hi Fi Speakers

It is no longer economically feasible to re-cone speakers. Parts are difficult to find and honestly, you can buy a new one for what I will charge you to fix it. We still routinely do speaker re-foam however, that is replacing the foam surround between the cone and the frame. We do these all the time, giving new life to older speakers.

Please note, we cannot fix the digital amps that frequently are a part of modern PA speaker systems. Effective 8/15/19 we are no longer accepting large PA speakers for repair unless they have been removed from the cabinet. We are only repairing the foam surrounds.