Satellite Radio

rickc New member Username: Rickc Post Number: 3 Registered: Mar-06	Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 19:29 GMT Does anyone know if the sound quality out of a satellite receiver into an amp is anywhere comparable to a decent tuner?

John Fama New member Username: J_strazz Post Number: 2 Registered: Jul-06	Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 23:44 GMT I suggest getting a Satellite Ready receiver. It has the Satellite tuner built in. You just need the antenna which is sold separately. I've used my My-Fi receiver in my home stereo and it sounded ok...but then I upgraded my home receiver to one with the XM Tuner built in and the sound is soooo much better.
John A. Gold Member Username: John_a LondonU.K. Post Number: 4454 Registered: Dec-03	Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 05:15 GMT Sound Quality of 'Radio Systems' from Best to Worst, according to http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/ FM broadband internet radio digital satellite Freeview digital cable DAB AM The above is a UK site: "Freeview" means digital terrestrial television; "DAB" means Digital Audio Broadcasting. Currently, in the UK, DAB means broadcast, low-bandwidth MP3.
rickc New member Username: Rickc Post Number: 4 Registered: Mar-06	Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 17:00 GMT Thanks for your replies. I am surprised. I was under the impression that digital satellite had much larger bandwidth than FM therefore a better sound quality. I guess for my purposes hooking up the satellite receiver to the aux of my amp would still be wise for commercial free background music but not for serious listening.
John A. Gold Member Username: John_a LondonU.K. Post Number: 4460 Registered: Dec-03	Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 22:45 GMT rick, I had a Nokia satellite receiver and it was very good. It gave digital audio output. After the digital output from the satellite receiver, the sound is probably as good as the Digital-to-Analogue Converters (DACs) in the amp or receiver. DACs in satellite recievers are usually not so good, so if you choose the analogue output from that, the sound may not as good. The best FM, with a good tuner and antenna, will win because it is analogue all the way through. But you may have fewer channels, and more interference; FM bands are getting crowded with radio stations. Digital satellite audio reception can give sound as good as CD.
rickc New member Username: Rickc Post Number: 5 Registered: Mar-06	Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 13:38 GMT So it's the DAC's in the satellite receiver that deminish the sound quality, makes sense. Thanks John
John A. Gold Member Username: John_a LondonU.K. Post Number: 4471 Registered: Dec-03	Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 03:01 GMT That seemed to be true for our Nokia satellite receiver, at least.