Sirius Satellite Radio
06-05-2013, 08:10 PM
#22
If you guys are comparing Sirius/XM to HD FM radio, then yes its going to sound worse. HD FM radio sometimes is broadcast at 300 Kbps whereas sat (used to be) played at 96 Kbps.
It still beats changing and hunting for radio stations every 75-100 miles going down the highway.
It still beats changing and hunting for radio stations every 75-100 miles going down the highway.
But it's all moot I guess, it's not like I can remove the button from my radio and you guys like it. I just was shocked at the quality compared to CD/Internet Radio or how I remembered XM to be... I wonder if there was a subpar batch of receivers chips that got through quality control.
06-06-2013, 10:43 AM
#23
No, we aren't doing that, I certainly know the difference 5X the bandwidth (Sirius's 64k vs 300k) my father also thinks that SR sounds as good as FM as well. However he never turns the volume on either above 10%...
But it's all moot I guess, it's not like I can remove the button from my radio and you guys like it. I just was shocked at the quality compared to CD/Internet Radio or how I remembered XM to be... I wonder if there was a subpar batch of receivers chips that got through quality control.
But it's all moot I guess, it's not like I can remove the button from my radio and you guys like it. I just was shocked at the quality compared to CD/Internet Radio or how I remembered XM to be... I wonder if there was a subpar batch of receivers chips that got through quality control.
I dunno about the subpar chips. I thought something was wrong with mine because it sounds so compressed and thin but a quick google search turns up tons of people complaining about the same thing with a variety of receivers. I guess its all subjective, everyone's ears are different. One of my hobbies is music production and I record all my instruments at 96 bit and work from there
I like fidelity My aunt thinks AM radio is fine and hates FM, so go figure.