MacBook Air 15-inch (M2) speaker & microphone repair in Dublin

Sound that has gone quiet, crackly or absent, and callers who cannot hear you, put right and tested on a real call.

PriceAfter diagnosticWe confirm the exact price before any work begins. Diagnostics from €25, and if we cannot fix it you pay nothing for the repair.
Mon to Sat 10 to 6

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The MacBook Air 15-inch (M2) came out in 2023, with a 15.3 inch Liquid Retina LCD display and the M2 chip. It carries MagSafe 3, two Thunderbolt and headphone and it unlocks with Touch ID in the power button. There is an aluminium frame. The first Air at 15 inches, with six speakers where the 13-inch has four. Same flat body as the 13-inch M2, just larger. The one sold in Ireland is A2941.

MacBook Air 15-inch (M2) repair in Dublin
360-day warranty Most phone repairs in 15 to 45 minutes No fix, no fee Data-safe repairs
What this fixes

The faults a speaker & microphone repair puts right.

  • Sound only works on speakerphoneNarrows it to the earpiece rather than the loudspeaker.
  • Sound only works on speakerphoneThat points at the earpiece rather than anything upstream, and it saves a diagnostic.
  • Callers cannot hear you but voice notes record fineDifferent microphones for different jobs. It narrows this to the call microphone.
  • Crackling at high volume onlyA damaged driver. It usually gets worse and it does not recover.
  • It went quiet gradually over monthsVery often compacted lint rather than a failed speaker. A careful clean is sometimes the whole repair.
  • Sound cuts out when the phone is squeezedA connector rather than the speaker. Worth opening and checking before ordering a part.
Before you spend anything

Is it definitely the speaker?

Half the phones that arrive here with no sound have nothing wrong with the speaker.

IfSound works on headphones or Bluetooth but not the speaker
That confirms the speaker rather than anything upstream, which is useful and saves a diagnostic.
IfCallers cannot hear you but voice notes record fine
Different microphones. That tells us which one to look at and makes it a smaller job.
IfIt stopped after the phone got wet
Assess the liquid damage first. A new speaker in a corroding phone is money wasted.
IfSound works on Bluetooth and headphones but not the speaker
Confirms the speaker rather than the board, which is the cheaper of the two.
IfIt has been silent since a screen repair elsewhere
The earpiece sits in the display assembly and is easy to disturb. Bring it in rather than assuming the part failed.

If you are not sure which of these you have, that is what the free diagnostic is for. It costs nothing and it is the step that stops people paying for the wrong repair.

What parts do we fit?

Genuine Apple service parts where they exist for the component, and premium aftermarket where they do not. You are told which one your repair uses before you agree to it, and the 360-day warranty is the same either way.

Nobody here will call a part original when it is not. If what fits your laptop is premium aftermarket, you hear that word at the counter rather than reading it on a docket afterwards.

    Genuine, OEM and aftermarket: what the words actually mean

    What the Diagnostic includes

    • The speaker or microphone replaced, or cleaned where that is enough
    • Every audio path tested, not only the one that failed
    • A real call made before the phone goes back
    • 360-day warranty on the part and the workmanship

    No additional paid work happens without your approval. If the diagnostic finds something behind the part we are replacing, we stop, explain it and confirm the cost first.

    Diagnostics from €25. A clean-up check is free.

    Dublin collection and return is available on weekdays if you cannot make it in. Nothing about the price or the cover changes because the courier brought it.

    Choose the part

    Two tiers, named before you agree.

    Speakers and microphones are small parts and the tier gap on them is the smallest on this list.

    iMEND Premium

    Original or manufacturer-grade part

    The manufacturer's own driver. Worth specifying on a phone you intend to keep a long time.

    Priced at the counter

    Value Edition

    Premium aftermarket, tested to the same standard

    Made to the original specification. On a speaker this is hard to fault and it is what most of these repairs use.

    Priced at the counter

    The price for this repair is confirmed after a diagnostic. Which tier suits your device is a conversation at the counter, and the price for each is on the table before you decide. The 360-day warranty is the same on both, because we would not offer a tier we did not think would last.

    Before any of this, let us look at the grille. Compacted pocket lint muffles a loudspeaker very effectively, and where a clean fixes it that is what you pay for and no part goes in at all.

    The parts we use, in full

    How we do it

    From the counter to back in your hand.

    Tell us what it is doing

    Walk in during opening hours or book ahead, whichever suits. Tell us what the device is actually doing rather than what you think the fix is.

    Diagnostic

    Before a part is ordered we establish what has really gone wrong. It is free, and it is the reason people do not leave here having paid for the wrong thing.

    You approve the price

    The price is confirmed to you before anything begins, and it does not move afterwards unless you agree to something else.

    The repair is carried out

    Carried out here in Drumcondra rather than sent away, by people who do this repair daily.

    Bench testing

    The repaired function and the things around it are checked before we call you.

    Back in your hands

    Collected from Drumcondra, or returned to your door if we picked it up. Covered for 360 days.

    Before it goes back

    What we test every time.

    A repair is not finished when the part is fitted. It is finished when the things around it have been checked.

    Loudspeaker at volume

    Held at full, because a failing driver sounds fine quietly and buzzes when pushed.

    Every microphone

    Call, voice memo and video are different microphones and a phone can fail one and pass the rest.

    Proximity

    Checked at the same time, since it sits beside the earpiece and gets disturbed with it.

    A real phone call

    Made and answered, since that is the only test that proves the path end to end.

    What happens to what is on it?

    This is hardware work. We do not need to go into your photos, messages or accounts to do it, and we do not.

    We do need to switch the device on and use it to test the repair, so we may ask for your passcode. If you would rather not hand it over, tell us and we will show you what we cannot verify without it. Any passcode you give us goes on the paper docket and the docket gets shredded. It is never stored in our system.

    Back the device up before any repair. Not because we expect to lose anything, but because a device that has already been dropped is one whose storage has already been shaken, and a backup costs nothing.

    What about the water resistance?

    Treat the phone as no longer water resistant after any repair, including ours.

    Apple's IP68 rating is measured on a brand new, factory sealed phone under controlled laboratory conditions. It is not a permanent property of the device. The seal degrades with age, heat and everyday knocks long before anybody opens it.

    Opening a phone means cutting through that seal. We refit the display with fresh adhesive, which restores a physical seal and keeps ordinary splashes and rain out. What we will not do is tell you it is back to IP68, because we have no way to test that and neither does any independent shop in Ireland.

    If your phone lives near water, say so when you book and we will talk you through what the adhesive does and does not cover.

    The 360-day warranty

    Every completed repair is covered for 360 days on the part and the workmanship. If the display we fitted fails, or the fitting was at fault, we put it right at no charge.

    What it does not cover is a new accident. A phone dropped again after the repair, fresh physical damage, liquid damage, or a fault in a part we did not touch, all sit outside it. That is the same limit any honest repair warranty has.

    No fix, no fee. The diagnostic is from €25, and if the repair does not happen you pay nothing.

    Three ways to get it to us

    • Walk in to Drumcondra4 Richmond Road, Dublin 3. No appointment. Mon to Sat 10:00 to 18:00, closed Sunday. Most phone screens and batteries done in 15 to 45 minutes while you wait.
    • We collect and returnDoor to door across Dublin, Monday to Friday, usually 2 to 4 working days. The repair takes the same time; the courier is the difference.
    • Send it in yourselfPost it to the shop with a tracked, insured service and a note with your number. We cannot cover a parcel in transit, and that is the honest trade-off for the route existing.

    Same repair price and the same 360-day warranty on all three. The only thing that changes is how the device travels.

    Asked all the time

    MacBook Air 15-inch (M2) screen questions.

    We quote it after a diagnostic, from €25, because the price depends on what we find. No fix, no fee, so if we cannot repair it you pay nothing.

    Usually same day. If the diagnostic turns up something else, or a part has to be ordered, we tell you before you commit rather than after.

    A clean-up check is free. Any other diagnostic on the MacBook Air 15-inch (M2) is from €25, and you are told the cost before it starts. No additional paid work happens without your approval.

    Very often, yes. The loudspeaker grille packs with pocket lint and it muffles sound long before it silences it. We clean and test before quoting a replacement, and where the clean fixes it that is what you pay for.

    There is more than one microphone in the phone and they are used for different things. That symptom usually points at the call microphone specifically, which is a smaller job than it sounds.

    Sometimes, because on most models the earpiece is part of the display assembly. Tell us what the sound is doing when you book and we will check both together rather than doing one and finding the other.

    Very often, yes. The grille packs with pocket lint and it muffles sound long before it silences it. Where a clean fixes it, that is what you pay for.

    There is more than one microphone in the phone and they are used for different things. That symptom usually points at the call microphone specifically, which makes it a smaller job.

    Gently, with a soft dry brush and the phone switched off. Never a pin and never compressed air into the grille.

    Sometimes, because on most phones the earpiece is part of the display assembly. Tell us what the sound is doing when you book so we check both.

    A speaker or microphone is one of the cheaper parts in a phone, so usually yes.

    That is the microphone, which is a different part. Sound you cannot hear is the earpiece or the loudspeaker. Tell us which way round it is and we will know where to look, though the diagnostic confirms it either way.

    Often that is dirt rather than a fault. Speaker mesh packs with pocket lint and it deadens the sound gradually enough that you do not notice until it is bad. A clean is quick and cheap, and we try that before quoting for a part.

    Yes, with collection across Dublin, an invoice rather than a counter payment, and a single contact rather than a queue. There is a page for that with the details.

    No. These are hardware repairs and we do not open, copy or erase anything on the device. Back it up first anyway, because any device that already has a fault can fail further while it is being worked on.

    iMEND is an independent repair service. Brand and model names are used only to describe the devices we repair. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or an authorised service provider for any manufacturer.

    Why bring it here

    An independent workshop, not a kiosk.

    We are a dedicated repair bench in Dublin 3. That means we take on work authorised channels turn away, and we tell you honestly when something is not worth fixing.

    Diagnosed, not guessed

    Every device is tested before we quote, so you are not paying for a part that was never the problem.

    Parts that last

    Genuine or OEM-grade components chosen for your model. We tell you which is going in before we start.

    Your data stays yours

    Hardware-only repairs. We never read, copy or move anything on your device.

    No fix, no fee

    If we cannot repair it, there is nothing to pay. Diagnostics from €25, no handling charge.

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    Customer reviews

    Best place, best people

    Sergio ChavarroTrustpilot

    Caz is a legend gave me a good deal looked after me good fella thanks mate

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    Eunice MccarthyTrustpilot

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    MargaretTrustpilot

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    KristopherTrustpilot

    Excellent customer service and clear explanation of specifications and features of all the mobiles by taking time with out hesitation and offering good prices as well Note : Highly recommended to buy electronic gadgets.... enjoy shopping

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