Sirius / XM quality, KBPS, bitrate etc?

[headshot 10+ year member]

I just got a new Liberty and Chrysler offers 1 year sub. to Sirius.

Until I get this God-awful Infinity NAV 'Premium' system replaced, I've

been listening to a bit of my first taste of Satellite Radio.

I know the speakers are garbage, let's get that out of the way first.

I feel like I'm hearing lossiness in there! Am I crazy or does this sound

even worse than DirecTV or iTunes radio? I swear it sounds like it's

a 128 kbps mp3!

If that's the case I may omit the Sat tuner module for my plans abrewing.

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[Magz_rule 10+ year member]

Eh my XM isn't new CD clear, but its still pretty good.

 

[headshot 10+ year member]

I hope I don't get bumped for posting another forum thread here but I'm reading all kinds of horror takes on 96-128kbps...

There's no way I'm going to get a module for the Alpine I'm looking at if it's going to be this bad!!!!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=725799

 

[Magz_rule 10+ year member]

I hope I don't get bumped for posting another forum thread here but I'm reading all kinds of horror takes on 96-128kbps...There's no way I'm going to get a module for the Alpine I'm looking at if it's going to be this bad!!!!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=725799

As long as your not using an FM transmitter youll be fine.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

its about like IPOD quality....not the greatest...but decent...if you want SQ listen to CD's...

 

[headshot 10+ year member]

its about like IPOD quality....not the greatest...but decent...if you want SQ listen to CD's...

iPod quality isn't really pertainable or definable here, since it depends on the output, file quality etc...

 

[headshot 10+ year member]

Actually it is if you mean the junk you get from the iTunes store...I planned on using an iPod with the headunit since it will be a purely unadulterated digital signal to play PCM quality or whatever I have on it I ripped myself.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

I have the XM Mini tuner for my IVA-w505, and it is noticably shitty sounding. But oh well I

 

[headshot 10+ year member]

I have the XM Mini tuner for my IVA-w505, and it is noticably shitty sounding. But oh well I
OH GOODY!!! Someone with the HU I want to buy, now I can bug you with all of my questions! Haha, jk.

I do wonder if you have a SWI-JACK hooked up to it to cover your steering controls?

And does the NVE-P1 nav module really cover the bluetooth hands-free needs as well?

And do you think that the 2-volt pre-outs are enough punch to give a good signal to the amps? I'm considering the Kicker 850's paired with 2 sets of Focal 6.5 comps...

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

xm is around 64kbps and sirius is even less due to the bandwidth being used up by their backseat tv

 

[headshot 10+ year member]

Wow....that's abysmal.

 

[BIGsherm7272]

My dad has xm in his silverado, and while it doesn't sound bad, it really lacks any bass.

It doesn't get loud at all either.

I'll be cranking the volume on xm, and when I change back to fm, I am like OMFGZORS too loud.