The Becker Auto Sound shop door: Becker autosound, 201-773-0976, UPSTAIRS, with Hirschmann and Blaupunkt authorized-dealer decals

About the shop

Upstairs on Route 46, working on the radios the factory put in

Becker Auto Sound has spent more than 40 years on one thing: getting the original factory radio, amplifier or PCM back the way it left the factory, not swapping it for something aftermarket.

We've been at this for more than 40 years, which in this trade means we've seen a unit's whole life cycle: new, under factory warranty, out of warranty, discontinued by the maker, and finally rare enough that we're one of the only people left who can put it back on the bench and actually fix it. That kind of depth doesn't come from a weekend course. It comes from doing it since these classics were still under warranty.

We aren't a car-audio installer, and we don't want to be confused with one. Nobody here does subwoofers, remote start, window tint or dash cams. This is an OEM factory radio repair, restoration and retrofit shop, full stop. We work on the head units, PCMs and amplifiers your car, motorcycle or classic actually came with, plus the Becker-brand radios that made this shop's name in the first place: Europa, Mexico and Grand Prix, tube through fully digital.

Becker built its reputation on the marques that also built it: Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, BMW and Ferrari, and for a long time, Rolls-Royce. Those relationships run deep enough that we still keep separate department inboxes for a couple of them, so a Ferrari question or a BMW question lands with someone who actually works that marque every day. We'll tell you plainly where our coverage stops, too: no individual repair service on Audi units, and we no longer repair Mark Levinson amplifiers. Honesty about limits is part of the same 40 years.

We return calls and emails within 24 hours, and current turnaround on a repair is 7 to 10 business days once your unit is on our bench. Most of what comes through this shop never sees the owner in person. Units ship in from collectors, dealers and specialty mechanics all over the country and overseas, get worked in the same order they arrive, and ship back out the same way they came in.

A Becker Grand Prix head unit on the shop's blue workbench, test gear behind it
A Becker Grand Prix head unit on the bench, mid-repair.

What's on the door

Authorized dealer

Hirschmann and Blaupunkt authorized-dealer decals are right on the shop entrance, the same door you'll see marked “UPSTAIRS.”

Warranty

A one-year limited warranty covers our repairs and sales. Certain amplifiers carry a 3-year warranty, and extended warranties are available on top of the standard term.

Reach the right desk

classicservice@ for classic Becker restorations, ferrari@ and bmw@ for marque-specific work, speaker@ for speakers and antennas, and sales@ for a used or upgrade radio, all at beckerautosound.com.