Go back to back with any streaming service and you'll see it's not even close. Hell FM radio blows it out of the water. They run subpar bit rates and despite advancements in compression tech since they launched, be it negligence or incompetence, they've done everything but work on their quality. Instead they've decided to make their 'additions' into IP data and there are better options in that realm.
I'm sure you're right but I've checked and can't tell the difference. With the basic stereo, highway noise, and 55 year old ears (with hearing loss and tinnitus from many concerts and industrial noise) I'm happy with just about any source. As long as it doesn't have autotune voices lol.
Yeah a friend of mine has been paying full price for over 10 years now. I told him how to get it for $5 a month but he just won’t do it. Crazy.
Quality varies greatly for reasons unknown to me.
I listen to live concerts so I don't have that loop problem. I've had SXM for 19 years and have never had it sound bad or as bad as FM. It has always been CD quality. Sucks for all you guys with bad experiences. Seriously, feel bad y'all have had poor experience.Quality varies greatly for reasons unknown to me.
Sounded like an underwater speaker in my 2011. Sounds only slightly better in my 2021. My uncle's older GM vehicle it sounds as good as FM. We listen to same stations. He's a paid subscriber but that shouldn't matter. The other annoying thing is if you listen long enough most the stations run the same 4-6 hour loop. Radio does the same thing because they don't want to pay for more music rights.
Having said that I'm giving some thought to it when trial runs out. If I get it for $5 or less.
I call it being lazy. Retaining legacy support for hardware from the dawn of satellite radio means they can't use any modern compression. Much of which now would give lossless audio on same bandwidth. You'd think with enough suckers paying full price they would have money to invest in new tech and satellites.
I don't doubt it's something along those lines. They should have started a migration 6 years or so ago when new compression allowed for a better experience. They give free trials in millions of automobiles each year and the best part about that is that most of the vehicles sold in the last 6 years or so should be able to get an update to allow for better compression. Had they started many years back with multimodal hardware they could have started migrating over by now. Yes, some people with 10 year old hardware would have to 'upgrade', but these things are relatively inexpensive and I couldn't see someone really having a leg to stand on in the bitching department by getting substantially better quality to upgrade their tuners.I call it being lazy. Retaining legacy support for hardware from the dawn of satellite radio means they can't use any modern compression. Much of which now would give lossless audio on same bandwidth. You'd think with enough suckers paying full price they would have money to invest in new tech and satellites.
