Archive Sirius/XM Radio

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 13, 2012 8:29pm

I got a few months of this for free in my new whip, and I must say how greatly disappointed I am in it.

The variety is nice, but the sound quality is terrible. Everything sounds like it is being streamed from dialup on Realplayer or something.

How do people rationalize paying $100/yr for it?

Fab1b

Posts: 12,949

Mar 13, 2012 8:34pm

Been a couple of threads on this already but probably locked. I have had XM for years, I have a portable. I use it mostly in the house but take it in my car on long drives and out fishing and such. Lately though I have really thought about cutting it as you can pretty much get all the content on the phones now. Just now sure what I'd do with the radio and all the docs I have for it??

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 13, 2012 8:37pm

Fab1b;1115356 wrote:Just now sure what I'd do with the radio and all the docs I have for it??

You could likely sell it to some shmuck on eBay.

I just don't get the hubub about it. A lot of people swear by it, but I'm not impressed at all.

Fab1b

Posts: 12,949

Mar 13, 2012 8:42pm

I am not a huge music guy. I listen to mostly sports and talk. There are a couple things I like that I can't pull off normal radio, especially in master bedroom where I use the XM most. To be honest I don't even really think about it, I just turn the radio on and the $$ comes out my account every 3 mos without thought.

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Steel Valley Football

Posts: 4,548

Mar 13, 2012 9:13pm

I use mine all the time to help me get fired up for fighting people I meet on the internet.

ts1227

Posts: 12,319

Mar 13, 2012 9:25pm

dlazz;1115352 wrote:I got a few months of this for free in my new whip, and I must say how greatly disappointed I am in it.

The variety is nice, but the sound quality is terrible. Everything sounds like it is being streamed from dialup on Realplayer or something.

How do people rationalize paying $100/yr for it?

Mine sounded like that when I had it at first and it ran through an FM transmitter, but the quality is much higher now that I run it directly through my auxiliary jack.

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 13, 2012 9:26pm

ts1227;1115424 wrote:Mine sounded like that when I had it at first and it ran through an FM transmitter, but the quality is much higher now that I run it directly through my auxiliary jack.

Mine is built into the radio.

ts1227

Posts: 12,319

Mar 13, 2012 9:27pm

dlazz;1115427 wrote:Mine is built into the radio.

That's definitely fucked up

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fortfan

Posts: 339

Mar 13, 2012 9:28pm

I got it free for 3 months when I bought my new car. Didn't renew it-I listened to it at times but wasn't worth paying for.

sherm03

Posts: 7,349

Mar 13, 2012 9:28pm

I have it in my car and have never had an issue with audio quality. My wife has it in her car, and she has never had issues with it.

You might want to take that new whip into wherever you bought it and have them look at it. Because something isn't right there.

Also, I don't know anyone that pays $100/year for a single subscription. My wife had it on a trial basis in her new car. At the end of the trial, I called in (it took a few times) and got her subscription, AND my subscription for $95 for the year. They also paid to have the radio installed in my car.

Raw Dawgin' it

Posts: 11,466

Mar 13, 2012 9:30pm

dlazz;1115427 wrote:Mine is built into the radio.

never met anyone who has it that doesn't like it. You sound like a snob. The music channels i listen to don't have commercials, it's worth the money.

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 13, 2012 9:30pm

sherm03;1115433 wrote:You might want to take that new whip into wherever you bought it and have them look at it. Because something doesn't sound right.

I looked online and a lot of people were bitching about the sound quality. A few of the stations transmit higher than others, but the ones I've noticed sound like garbage. The treble sounds washed out.

Everything else (cd/FM/aux) sounds fine.

sherm03

Posts: 7,349

Mar 13, 2012 9:38pm

dlazz;1115435 wrote:I looked online and a lot of people were bitching about the sound quality. A few of the stations transmit higher than others, but the ones I've noticed sound like garbage. The treble sounds washed out.

Everything else (cd/FM/aux) sounds fine.

I'd still bring it in to have them look at it. If I'm buying a new car that has a feature like that, and it doesn't sound good...I'd want them to check to see if there's a fucked up connection or something.

My radio isn't built in. But my wife's is. And we have not had a bit of trouble on the Sirius in her car.

Classyposter58

Posts: 6,321

Mar 13, 2012 11:03pm

I've used my friends once at work and it's great! Can listen to sports clear as crystal

mucalum49

Posts: 1,639

Mar 13, 2012 11:19pm

It isn't the greatest ever but with a month left in my trial they called about renewing for two years. Started off at $72/yr but I acted uninterested and managed to get it down to $36/year. A co-worker did something similar and the schmuck who was calling him kept giving 90 day free trials. He got about 18 months of free XM before it stopped working. Just something to consider if it grows on you...

As for quality my XM is built into my car and I've not had the issues you are experiencing.

hoops23

Posts: 15,696

Mar 14, 2012 1:09am

I had it for about a year. Just got tired of it though and cancled my sub.

The music channels are alright, but listen to it enough and it's the same shit over and over again. Just wasn't worth it, imo.

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 14, 2012 2:21pm

Decent amount of complaining about it on this thread:

http://www.hyundai-forums.com/222-yf-2011-sonata-i45/131590-xm-radio-quality.html

Automatik

Posts: 14,632

Mar 14, 2012 2:38pm

So you bought a Sonata?

:thumbdown:

Raw Dawgin' it

Posts: 11,466

Mar 14, 2012 2:41pm

I've had XM since 2003 - i love it and almost never listen to regular radio.

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 14, 2012 2:52pm

Automatik;1116114 wrote:So you bought a Sonata?

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No, Elantra. The rationalizing they use makes sense (regarding limited bandwidth)