Doug Schneider

3 weeks ago | soundstagehifi.com | Doug Schneider

If you regularly read this monthly column or frequent our YouTube channel, you are likely aware of our ongoing globetrotting quest for primary-source material for our websites and videos. Frequently, the SoundStage! Network’s video team and I travel across North America and Europe to visit hi-fi companies, talk with key personnel, and learn about and listen to review-worthy products. We hope to expand our travel scope to Asia soon as well.

1 month ago | soundstagehifi.com | Doug Schneider

When the Compact Disc was released to the public in 1982, it seemed unimaginable that music encoded on a disc could one day be transmitted wirelessly, as we experience today. It seemed equally unimaginable that it could be stored on a server thousands of miles away and played back nearly instantaneously in the home, as now happens with streaming services. This was a time when physical media not only dominated the market, but was the only option for high-fidelity playback.

1 month ago | soundstagehifi.com | Doug Schneider

Note: for the full suite of measurements from the SoundStage! Audio-Electronics Lab, click here. Most hi-fi enthusiasts agree that the 1970s can be considered the golden age of the stereo receiver, which is essentially an integrated amplifier with a radio-reception capability. Stereo receivers were everywhere back then. By the 1980s, however, as separate components gained popularity, stereo receivers fell out of favor.

1 month ago | cortlandstandard.com | Doug Schneider

Posted 2/28/25 By DOUG SCHNEIDER Staff Reporter [email protected] Two people testified Friday in Cortland County Court they’d …This item is available in full to subscribers.

1 month ago | cortlandstandard.com | Doug Schneider

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