HD Radio
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Gold Member Username: FrkkevinResonant Engineering..., Fort Worth... Email Post Number: 4651 Registered: Nov-05 | Anyone using it? Thinking about buying one of those cheap sets off ebay to test it out. My headunit is already HD ready so I'd just need the box. |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 3517 Registered: Mar-06 | ultra low sq. music is compressed to like 96kbs or lower. |
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Platinum Member Username: BestmankindHttp://www.rdaudio.net... Post Number: 18932 Registered: Oct-05 | dude kevin just step it up and get the xm or sirius. |
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Gold Member Username: Van_manBoston South, MA Post Number: 3518 Registered: Mar-06 | read my link towards the bottom. https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/radio/214971.html |
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Gold Member Username: Big_edge_headMilwaukee, Wisconsin MY SUBS GET ... Post Number: 1545 Registered: Mar-07 | chad how is the SQ with sat. radio? |
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Silver Member Username: Kpa2727Old Bridge,, NJ USA ! Post Number: 980 Registered: May-07 | alot of ppl coplain it's compressed but it's equal to around a 128 to 256 kb mp3 i'd say. i really can't complain other then i have to turn my sirus up a bit more to get it lud i got some volume loss but otherwise i like it. |
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Gold Member Username: ShortysetniesRock Vegas, NC US Post Number: 2259 Registered: Mar-06 | why pay for radio why you can just d/l the songs you wanna hear for free? Never understood it but to each his own |
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Gold Member Username: Safe_crackerChicago, IL US Post Number: 4194 Registered: Jan-06 | Agreed ^^^ I rarely use the tuner, matter of fact most everything I listen to has been run through proggies to remove recorded defects and normalize, hate when going from one song to the next having to turn it down or adjust my nutz, lOl. Polo..  |
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Silver Member Username: Kingandsons07Lincoln, Nebraska U.S.A Post Number: 778 Registered: Feb-07 | ^^^^^^^^^x2 ipod |
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Platinum Member Username: BestmankindHttp://www.rdaudio.net... Post Number: 18986 Registered: Oct-05 | one thing cool about the xm is you don't have to stress about what to listen to. also some of the talk shows are funny as hell and you get sporting events. live concerts as well. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 6561 Registered: Jul-06 | If they could only broadcast satellite radio with good quality low compression sound......... it's a shame they runied such a good technology with compression to fit more stations :/ They say its better now with the new improvments but at 96 kbps or less I just don't see how it could possibly sound good. I may just have to give Sirius / XM another listen though. |
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Gold Member Username: Denali_on_22sThe kids love my rhyme... Post Number: 4482 Registered: Feb-06 | my radio tuner sucks. stations in my area are always fuzzy. |
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Platinum Member Username: BestmankindHttp://www.rdaudio.net... Post Number: 18990 Registered: Oct-05 | M.S. it aint that bad. of course it ain't like listening to a cd but its worth having. no commercials. lol. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 6576 Registered: Jul-06 | I know Chad I really want to get Sirius I think....... I will have to listen to it again and see. If the sound is decent at least I will probably get it soon, and get the hardwire module for my JVC HU....... that way I can control it on the HU and not have any other thngs on dash. I also listen to music on my computer a lot so I was looking toward sirius b/c they have for a little extra per month you can get near CD quality online streaming.......... |
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Platinum Member Username: BestmankindHttp://www.rdaudio.net... Post Number: 19010 Registered: Oct-05 | btw the xm has 3 satellites and sirius has 2. so xm cuts out less when you go through a big over pass. but since you live out in the middle of nowhere, i think its okay. lol. |
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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamicSan Diego Post Number: 3506 Registered: Dec-06 | "If they could only broadcast satellite radio with good quality low compression sound......... it's a shame they runied such a good technology with compression to fit more stations :/" Very good. Most people don't understand that is the logic behind it. XM does have a few so-called HD channels that are lightly compressed. With the cost of launching a satellite in the hundreds of millions and the demand for more and more variety of channels in the limited existing bandwidth... there will be no change in the near future. In fact, it can only get worse. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 6579 Registered: Jul-06 | Yeah if there was a sat radio service with high quality sound I'd be all over it even if it cost 2x as much as XM and Sirius.......... Hey Brad what do you think will happen if the Sirius / XM merger goes through? IDK if they will, but they would then have pretty much 2x the bandwith? |
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