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Making Way for More Equipment at John Thompson's The Record Centre. Is This the Future of Hi-Fi Selling?

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Written by Doug Schneider Doug Schneider

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Created: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021

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In 1979, Bob Geldof’s Boomtown Rats released “I Don’t Like Mondays” and instilled the idea that bad things happen on the first day of the workweek in an entire generation. But one particular Monday—December 11, 2017—wound up being a revelatory day for me. That was the day I first set foot inside The Record Centre, which is located in Ottawa, Canada, the city where I live. But I wasn’t there for the records—a friend had told me that the store was selling new and used hi-fi gear, so I wanted to see its stock for myself.

MayFly Audio Systems MF-201A Loudspeakers

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Written by Diego Estan Diego Estan

Category: Full-Length Equipment Reviews Full-Length Equipment Reviews

Created: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021

Note: measurements taken in the anechoic chamber at Canada's National Research Council can be found through this link.

MayFly Audio Systems was founded in 2020 by Trevor May, an engineer and musician who had begun his research and prototype development two years earlier. May lives and operates MayFly out of Ottawa, Canada, the city I live in—in fact, he lives on the street I grew up on. That made for quick, easy deliveries.

I Hate Streaming

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Written by Ken Kessler Ken Kessler

Category: SoundStage! UK SoundStage! UK

Created: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021

After last month’s wander down the Format Memory Lane and my continued bleating about open-reel tape, many of you might assume that I am a dyed-in-the-wool Luddite, but that is not the case. Yes, I champion tubes, vinyl, and open-reel, as well as the 45-year-old BBC LS3/5A, Decca cartridges, Quad Electrostatics, and other hoary, venerable items, but my work demands that I use current, up-to-the-minute equipment for reviewing, while I adore SACD and do not write with a quill. No, my issue is with streaming.

Recommended Reference Component: Pro-Ject Audio Systems RPM 10 Carbon Turntable with 10cc Evolution Tonearm

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Written by SoundStage! Hi-Fi Editors SoundStage! Hi-Fi Editors

Category: Components Components

Created: 01 February 2021 01 February 2021

SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider and senior contributor Aron Garrecht both went turntable shopping in January. Independently and physically distanced, of course. They each wanted to find a top-tier turntable that would allow them to review the ever-increasing number of turntable-related products on the market, such as phono stages, whether standalone or built into a preamplifier or integrated amplifier, and other components and accessories. For advice, they consulted SoundStage! vinyl guru, Jason Thorpe, who told them both to buy a Pro-Ject Audio Systems RPM 10 Carbon turntable with 10cc Evolution tonearm, which he’d reviewed for SoundStage! Ultra on December 15, 2017. Jason had owned a Pro-Ject RPM 10 before reviewing the RPM 10 Carbon, its successor, and immediately sold it and replaced it with the newer model for the improvements in sound and build.

Hegel Music Systems V10 Phono Stage

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Written by Jason Thorpe Jason Thorpe

Category: Full-Length Equipment Reviews Full-Length Equipment Reviews

Created: 15 January 2021 15 January 2021

Note: for the full suite of measurements from the SoundStage! Audio Electronics Lab, click this link.

Have you ever looked closely at the coils of a moving-coil cartridge? If you have a jeweler’s loupe and a cartridge with a relatively open body, it’s worth exploring this tiny, elegant universe. The coils themselves are so small that it seems impossible they could be made by hand, or mounted inside a cartridge, or that they can work at all.

Three Reasons Why the SoundStage! Network Has So Many Websites (Important Lessons for Aspiring Online Hi-Fi Publishers)

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Written by Doug Schneider Doug Schneider

Category: Monthly Column Monthly Column

Created: 01 January 2021 01 January 2021

Last month, I wrote about our 25th anniversary of online publishing. In that article I described how we began, how the SoundStage! name came about, the events that took place before we secured the soundstage.com domain name for the initial website, and some of the other things that helped us to get off to a pretty good start.

Yamaha A-S3200 Integrated Amplifier

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Written by Roger Kanno Roger Kanno

Category: Full-Length Equipment Reviews Full-Length Equipment Reviews

Created: 01 January 2021 01 January 2021

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Though now perhaps best known for their motorcycles and other vehicles produced by their Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. division, the Yamaha Corporation has a long, rich musical history—the logo of even the Yamaha Motor Co. is still a trio of crossed tuning forks. Founded as Nippon Gakki in the late 19th century, the Yamaha Corporation began as a maker of pianos, and has since become the world’s biggest manufacturer of pianos and other musical instruments. Yamaha has made audio equipment since the 1920s, and what many would consider high-fidelity audio components since the 1950s.

Inexpensive Outboard Alternatives: Bellari VP549 and NAD PP 2e Phono Stages

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Written by Doug Schneider Doug Schneider

Category: System One System One

Created: 01 January 2021 01 January 2021

In August 2020, I reviewed the Hegel Music Systems H95 integrated amplifier-DAC for this site. If you read that review, you’ll know that the H95, which is priced at $2000 (all prices in USD), is a good performer and good value, but you’ll also see it’s not as feature-rich as some other integrated amps on the market. For example, like all of Hegel’s integrated amplifiers, it has a built-in DAC but lacks a phono stage. Vinyl playback is a pretty big thing for hi-fi buyers across all price ranges, and many lower-priced integrated amps answer that demand, so I intended to criticize this omission in the review.

Formats Gone but Not Forgotten

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Written by Ken Kessler Ken Kessler

Category: SoundStage! UK SoundStage! UK

Created: 01 January 2021 01 January 2021

You have to laugh: there’s an ad on TV in the UK plugging some financial app for people who want to invest in shares but are clearly too stupid to seek out a legitimate, accountable broker. Whatever. Anyway, the gist of the ad is that you wouldn’t ask your brother-in-law or bartender for stock market tips, and it shows some grubby-looking, beardy, unkempt schmuck suggesting one should invest in LaserDiscs to the far cooler-looking target of the advertisement. Chuckle? I almost fell off the sofa.

Recommended Reference Component: Technics EAH-TZ700 Earphones

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Written by SoundStage! Hi-Fi Editors SoundStage! Hi-Fi Editors

Category: Components Components

Created: 01 January 2021 01 January 2021

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In Brent Butterworth’s review of the Technics EAH-TZ700 earphones, which appeared on SoundStage! Solo in October, he highlighted that they “employ an unusual design that almost no one uses, and that’s for very good reason. From an engineering standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. But from a marketing standpoint . . . not so much.” Brent went on to explain how “the design packs a single driver into a tiny enclosure made from highly non-resonant material,” which, he said, “adds no significant resonance of its own” and, due to its small size, negates the “need for a long or twisty soundtube between the driver and your eardrum.” The result, Brent summed up, has the listener “hearing the driver and almost nothing else.”

What is the best phone/smartphone for truck drivers? This is a question we get all the time. In fact, here's one we got just a couple weeks ago...

Dear Driver Solutions,

My husband is starting his new career soon and I want to get him a new phone that'll work well for everything he needs to do out on the road. What type of phone do most drivers recommend?

Sincerely,

Soon-to-be-Trucker's-Wife

So, how does one go about answering this question? I mean, aren't some phones really just a matter of personal taste? Sure, you've got Apple fanatics and who can argue with the iPhone's unbelievable success over the years? It may seem like an iPhone would be the obvious choice. But on the other hand, there are Android phones coming out such as the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Note models that have larger screens that many people seem to enjoy.

Overall, smartphones will continue to get better and the choice will ultimately be up to you, but there are some things to definitely consider when talking about the best smartphones for truck drivers. Here are some things you'll want to review before making a decision...

Choose Your Carrier & Plan Wisely
Remember back in the days before the iPhone came to Verizon? Well, we've come a long way since then, but the smartphone you decide to buy will depend on the carrier you choose and not every phone you see on the commercials is available with every carrier. While many phones are now available across all networks, there are others that require you to sign a contract with a certain carrier and it's important that you're aware of that.

Choosing your carrier will likely depend upon the plans that each offer, so just make sure you do your homework on that and remember you can always scale back on your plan. Starting off in a new truck driving career, you may be unsure how many minutes you'll use or text messages you need. Consider starting off with a plan you feel will be more than enough, monitoring your usage for the first couple of months, then scaling back if needed. This will allow you to avoid those pesky overage fees that can blindside you and add up quickly.

When choosing a carrier and plan, you'll also want to consider things such as coverage (HUGE one for truckers) and speed, but that's a whole new post I'll get to some other time!

Which Smartphone Platform Is The Best (For You)?
When it comes to smartphone platform discussions, generally all roads lead back to iOS (iPhone) vs. Android. Sure, there are others out there such as Blackberry and Windows-based phones, but iOs and Androids take most of the market share. If you have other iOs devices such as an iPad, then getting an iPhone will make things much smoother. On the other hand, if you're more of a Google/Android fan and like the additional customization the Android platform allows, you might want to go with a new Droid. You'll read a lot of things about the pros and cons of the iOs (iPhone) vs. Android, but at the end of the day both platforms are solid.

Available Models - Specs & Price This is where you'll want to consider things such as speed and size. As mentioned above, one person may prefer the ultra crisp Retina display that comes on the iPhone while another person may prefer the larger screen on many of the new Android devices. Really, it's up to you and what you'll be using the phone to do? Are you going to be watching a lot of video on your phone? If so, the Samsung Galaxy S3 or Galaxy S4 may be the way to go. You may also want to consider what type of quality (both photos and video) you'll get from the smartphone's camera. This can often be overlooked, but keep in mind this device is going to be the best way for you to communicate with friends and family while on the road. Truck drivers love to send photos to friends of the places they travel....and there's nothing like a Skype of FaceTime call with the family to remind them how much you love them.

There are many other specs you will want to consider, so do your research before making a decision. Of course, your purchase decision will likely come back to price but keep in mind with most carriers you're going to be in a contract which means you'll have that phone for a couple of years before you can get a discount on an upgrade.

Driver Solutions Recommends: As you might have guessed from reading this post, we recommend the iPhone 4S or 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 or S4.

Now that we've covered what to look for in a smarphone for truck drivers and given you our recommendation, let's see which phone our Facebook fans recommend!

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