Haven't bought anything there but he seems like a cool and interesting dude. Very old school…read moreworkshop/store, kind of reminds me of a machine shop.

Audio Specialties is a gem in the Gateway neighborhood. It is great to still have a place in the…read morecity that does repairs and stocks vintage gear. Whether I'm just browsing, trading in a piece of 70s era hardware, or having something fixed, this is my main destination.

Great service, answered all my questions, available immediately, friendly, good people relations. I…read morethink he said his name was Jeffery? Will recommend place to others. Reasonable price.

Unfortunately, the glass on my laptop cracked, I swung into the big box store at Cascade Station…read more(BB) to get the repair priced out. Not only were they rude, arrogant and telling untruths from the get go, they seemed to just grab a price out of thin air and quotes me that number. I walked over to Ifix never having been here before, and found the employees to be professional honest and easy to work with. The glass was ordered and although it took a bit longer to arrive, the work was done correctly. Unfortunately, the mouse USB was left at iFix and realized it hours later. When I called it was confirmed the USB was there and Lucas dropped it off at my home. What awesome customer service. For future needs I will be going directly back to iFix and would recommend you go there as well for your phone, tablet and computer needs.

Took a well-loved, no-longer-made Sony radio and CD player in to see if it could be fixed. The…read moreowner quoted me a reasonable price, but also said he might not be able to fix it. So refreshing just to have an honest exchange about what to expect. It was like brand new when I left. I will go back to him with anything radio-related that needs fixing. Doing his part to keep the landfills free of old radios. He's great! PS No cards, and I was two dollars short in cash. He said, "We're good," but I took in the two dollars the next day because I want to keep going back!

I have my dad's receivers and record players from 1950's. They were cleaned and maintained and now…read morework and sound beautiful. Couldn't be happier. Great service, great person, and I can't say enough good things about this business.

Todd and Dylan worked on my old mid 70's ARP Axxe, fixed my dead key and did a thorough job with…read morethe overall once over. Response and sound much nicer than before. Price for work was as expected, not bad at all. I'll be back when my next effects module or synth require repair. Highly recommended. MG

I called them about a potential repair, they seemed angry that I didn't know that they were busy…read more How rude of me to call asking for service? Reluctantly agreed to let me bring in an amp. I left my amp there, asked them to give me an estimate of what it would cost. Instead they called me and said the repair was done, without having agreed on a price. Then he implied he did me a favor by doing that because he was so busy, and berated me over the phone. I picked up the amp, paid his unreasonable fee, and it was not even fixed. Terrible. Absolutely terrible. Worst 'service' i have ever experienced.

He went way out of his way to make us happy. Knowledgeable,…read morewell equipped and willing to help sums it up. I would suggest highly.

They were great!! I am about to have major cancer surgery and my tv went out. Can't do six weeks of…read morerecovery with no tv. He helped me to get everything sorted out. It was well worth the drive from Portland to his shop in Vancouver. Highly recommend this place.

I took in an old (by Ipod standards) Nano in for repairs and, while it took months to locate the…read moreright part, the store always checked in to let me know they were still looking, and were confident the part would eventually turn up. It did, and they gave a deep discount on the repair due to the length of time it took. Bonus, all my downloads were still intact! All around good honest customer service and excellent repair job.

This place has had my business for a long time, because they have the utmost integrity. They have…read morefrom time to time admitted they can't do the job, recommended to me who can and sent me away without charging me a dime even having put in hours of work trying to resolve my iPhone issues. I highly recommend Rapid Repair.

If Jim doesn't have what I need, he sees to it that I know where else to try. He is a fount of…read moreknowledge and cheerful assistance.

I've been searching online and the boring box stores for some good inexpensive quality speakers for…read moremy personal laptop setup. Fortunately, I decided to venture down a search into the more local small businesses and came upon this cool old school & quirky shop. I think the gentleman's name was Jim. Older dude that could pass as your nerdy techy friend who's probably collected every tech gadget since the original Tron came out. Told him what I was looking for but I gradually got discouraged as all he was showing me were the bigger style bigger sound units that are common for home systems. But, alas! With a little patience we revealed a new treasure: smaller desk top speakers! Minor speaker mesh stains on the front but super decent with a little TLC. He was super friendly and chill, even making an effort to find parts that could potentially be missing from this set (like compatible power cord). It also came with an amp box that I've got sitting below my desk table, which was a nice surprise (I keep it plugged in for the deeper sounds or just unplugged for more "regular(?)" crispy audio). All that for a really awesome deal; I think it was something like $15-30 or something crazy like that. Good shit, dude! Thank you. If you're looking for small speakers, I probably snagged the last set but I definitely recommend this place for any help with acheiving 2 things at once: reusing/upcycling any sort of old working electronics and supporting a damn good local friendly small business.