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| Subject: | XM Radio quality |
--> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Paul Chambers" <xdp4000x@lists.bod.org>
Those local traffic channels are the poster children for over-compressed
audio... They're barely intelligible, particularly over any kind of road
noise. They also seem to be at a much lower audio level, to make matters
worse.
Let's hope that the recently-launched third satellite gives them more
bandwidth to play with, and the audio quality improves. Heck, if they're
going to raise the subscription fee, my expectations are going to rise right
along with it ;)
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf
> Of Matt Dralle
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:20 PM
> To: xdp4000x-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: XM Radio quality
>
> --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: Matt Dralle
> <dralle@matronics.com>
>
> Yup, I echo your sentiments regarding XM to a 'T'. Audio
> quality is about that of a standard MP3 at 64bps. The
> distortion at the high freqs is pretty horrible.
> Interestingly, it hasn't always been that way. When I got my
> first XM radio, the quality was pretty darn close to a 128Mbs
> MP3. What has happened is that over the last year or so,
> they've added a bunch of new channels like localized weather
> and traffic and have consequently adjusted the allocation of
> the skinny little 12mhz band such that pretty much all of the
> channels now suffer from this same problem. One channel that
> hasn't seemed to suffer is "77" which is called Audio
> Visions. I'm not sure why this channel has been spared the
> reduction in BW, but since I listen to it a lot I can't complain.
>
> That all being said, I still LOVE XM radio and haven't even
> turned FM on in the 2 or 3 years I've had it. No matter how
> compressed it gets, its still better than FM over all. I
> highly recommend it.
>
> Matt Dralle
> Livermore CA
>
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