[AC Question]

I still have a pristine Note 1 that I don't use much but love it anyway as a small 'tablet', and I still marvel at how good video content looks and sounds on it. the volume is such I could lay it on my dashboard and hear all over the car while driving if need be. I use a S5 for my daily now since it runs GPS etc much better.

So, reading up on all the other Notes - it seems everyone complains about the speaker being distorted or simply ineffective. Is that true of ALL of them or does one of them do well?

[chanchan05]

Nah. It's just what the competition has that makes it so bad. HTC, Sony, and iPhone had good quality stereo speakers, while the Notes had mono speakers. While they're pretty good for mono speakers, they just can't match the competition for volume and quality. If you're happy with the Note 1, you'll be happy with any of them.