I don’t listen to Fox that much, my wife is a pretty avid listener, but doesn’t comment much on the quality of the sound. However, when listening to it, I don’t hear any sound issues (but my ears aren’t what they used to be 😊). For the music types that I listen to, I haven’t heard much difference. Certainly nothing like the old playing dbx on a non=dbx system kind of sound quality issues (remember that stuff 😊?)
I would also say (although I haven’t done a measurement test to back this up) the dynamic range from XM is much better than what we get in our vehicles from Bluetooth connected devices. More on par with usb connected devices, or very close to the same. Be interesting to see the specs on all that stuff….. 😊 Regards, David Coudron From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 8:59 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio Not judging here :). You seriously don’t notice a bitrate audio issue listening to Fox? The talk stations are worse than the music stations. On Dec 27, 2018, at 09:51, David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com<mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>> wrote: I would agree that the music seems to be pretty high quality. Specifically, there are some songs that get into the pretty low bass frequencies that seem to demonstrate pretty decent range for sound quality. Again, it might make a difference on which stations you are listening to, but the sound is pretty decent. We haven’t had CD players in the vehicles for a few years now, but I guess I never noticed any sound degradation when listening to the same song on CD vs it coming from XM. Since we cover so much geography, even if there was a little sound quality dropoff to use XM, I think overall it is still a far more consistent sound quality than moving in and out of good FM coverage areas, and definitely way better to have all your music with you whereever you are versus searching for the FM channel that provides the type of music you are looking for. That, plus the no commercials (except Fox News ☹) makes it pretty easy to like. The cost is not insignificant though and that is what makes it tougher to get on board. Regards, David Coudron From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of can...@believewireless.net<mailto:can...@believewireless.net> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 8:31 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio I listen almost exclusively to music and it sounds high quality to me. I don't know if it matters but I'm listening to modern music. On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 9:21 AM Adair Winter <ada...@amarillowireless.net<mailto:ada...@amarillowireless.net>> wrote: quality varies across some of the stations I've noticed, depends on what you are listening to. talk radio is worse than some of the music channels. On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:17 AM Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net<mailto:mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net>> wrote: But. The quality. Also Fox Headlines had commercials :( On Dec 27, 2018, at 09:11, Adair Winter <ada...@amarillowireless.net<mailto:ada...@amarillowireless.net>> wrote: because no commercials and the same stations everywhere it pretty cool. On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:00 AM Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net<mailto:mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net>> wrote: We just got a new vehicle at work that includes XM radio for some period of time for free. Anyone else who’s had experience with XM: does it always sound like it’s compressed, digital and low fidelity? Why would anyone pay a subscription for this when I get high-fidelity FM free? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- Adair Winter VP, Network Operations / Co-Owner Amarillo Wireless | 806.316.5071 C: 806.231.7180 http://www.amarillowireless.net<http://www.amarillowireless.net/> [https://docs.google.com/a/amarillowireless.net/uc?id=0B-KeaiwIRBHEQl9leFFvVjZuWmc&export=download]<http://www.amarillowireless.net> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- Adair Winter VP, Network Operations / Co-Owner Amarillo Wireless | 806.316.5071 C: 806.231.7180 http://www.amarillowireless.net<http://www.amarillowireless.net/> [https://docs.google.com/a/amarillowireless.net/uc?id=0B-KeaiwIRBHEQl9leFFvVjZuWmc&export=download]<http://www.amarillowireless.net> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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