Satilite Radio

[dan5505 10+ year member]

I heard that XM bought sirus and at the begining of the year they are going to merge.

Yeah, they talk about it once and a while on opie and anthony. i dont think its official yet, but its probably guna happen. its too bad though cus then they no longer have any competition. prices may rise

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

They have merged already.

 

[ABSOLUTEAUDIO 10+ year member]

I heard that XM bought sirus and at the begining of the year they are going to merge.

I sell xm at my shop, and we got a letter saying that xm was looking at buying out sirius. No word on it yet!

 

[ABSOLUTEAUDIO 10+ year member]

i agree, the sound quality is comparable to a 128kbps bit rate. I love opie and anthony though. channel 202 if you get xm.

Do you have direct hook up. Or a roady. Direct is crazy, It is clear as hell. A must if useing sat radio!!!!!

 

[canadapettit 10+ year member]

I heard that XM bought sirus and at the begining of the year they are going to merge.

They call it "A merger of equals". But sirius will be the main company if it passes through the judicial process, which i don't see happening and if it doesn't it could drag down both companies.

 

[dan5505 10+ year member]

Do you have direct hook up. Or a roady. Direct is crazy, It is clear as hell. A must if useing sat radio!!!!!

I have a direct hookup. I have the receiver thats made for pioneer decks. Dont get me wrong, its clear ,its just worse than a good bit rated cd.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

They have merged already.

No they haven't.

And sirius ftmfw. its got howard.

 

[dan5505 10+ year member]

No they haven't.
And sirius ftmfw. its got howard.

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

It's great for the programming and content, but it absolutely sucks for SQ (in case you're an audiophile head like myself).

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

Do you have direct hook up. Or a roady. Direct is crazy, It is clear as hell. A must if useing sat radio!!!!!

Even connected directly the SQ isn't even close to that of a CD.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

For the record, Stern is a douche.

The merger is pending FCC approval. The pricing, post merger, is already on the street. No real increase.

SQ isn't that of a CD, but who cares. It's still better than regular broadcast radio and the music selection is broader than what you can fit on your iPod. If you want an audiophile source, use a CD and quit whining. If you care more about having something to listen to without the crap of broadcast radio's tiny playlists, few to no commercials, no worries about broadcast range and no need to tote around a huge CD case and dealing with the CD swaps, SAT radio is the way to go.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I had XM for a couple years and it was nice to have. The sound quailty was a little lacking, but I had a pretty big system, so still could thump it pretty good. I usually listened to the rock channels or alternative and some comedy. Also mine was a direct connect as well. I was thinking about getting it again, but just got an iPod Nano and gonna try that out for now. Then might purchase a Creative Zen being they sound better on the go or so I heard.

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

For the record, Stern is a douche.
The merger is pending FCC approval. The pricing, post merger, is already on the street. No real increase.

SQ isn't that of a CD, but who cares. It's still better than regular broadcast radio and the music selection is broader than what you can fit on your iPod. If you want an audiophile source, use a CD and quit whining. If you care more about having something to listen to without the crap of broadcast radio's tiny playlists, few to no commercials, no worries about broadcast range and no need to tote around a huge CD case and dealing with the CD swaps, SAT radio is the way to go.

Who's whining? I was mearly stating facts.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Any compressed music will sound worse than a CD. Going down the highway at 70, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference though unless you're using an FM mod in which case the limitations of the FM receiver will still be fairly apparent. Most modern music is so poorly produced that the difference isn't all that big between a CD and a 128kps mp3 as far as sound quality goes anyway.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

I have Sirius, but w/o a job ATM moment I can't justify the cost so it'll be canceled until I get working again.