Comments on: Project Journal: Taking the Sirius Satellite Radio Plunge, Part One http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:03:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: 翻译公司 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-780276 Mon, 19 May 2008 06:06:14 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-780276 <a href="http://www.fm3m.com" rel="nofollow">车库门</a> 车库门

]]> by: Will http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-401297 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:33:28 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-401297 I have just been told by Sirius customer service that the sound quality for the satelite radio service is 32kbps which means it is very digitally compressed. Sirius considers 128kbps to be CD quality which they provide at an extra charge for internet radio but not satelite radio. It is also a mono signal not stero like FM. These things would explain why the audio doesn't sound as good as it should. I had wondered for 2 years now why the sound quality was poor and now I know. I have just been told by Sirius customer service that the sound quality for the satelite radio service is 32kbps which means it is very digitally compressed. Sirius considers 128kbps to be CD quality which they provide at an extra charge for internet radio but not satelite radio. It is also a mono signal not stero like FM. These things would explain why the audio doesn’t sound as good as it should. I had wondered for 2 years now why the sound quality was poor and now I know.

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]]> by: Poor Quality http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-5573 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:57:56 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-5573 MONO is the key word. If you are looking for cd quality or even FM quality don't get your hopes up. If you like the sound quality of AM radio then you'll enjoy every flat mono moment that sirius gives you. MONO is the key word. If you are looking for cd quality or even FM quality don’t get your hopes up. If you like the sound quality of AM radio then you’ll enjoy every flat mono moment that sirius gives you.

]]> by: Alice http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-269 Sun, 08 May 2005 17:28:45 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-269 Jim - email me alice@realtechnews.com and let's set up a comparion we can publish. Should be interesting. Jim - email me alice@realtechnews.com and let’s set up a comparion we can publish. Should be interesting.

]]> by: Jim Daggon http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-266 Sun, 08 May 2005 16:05:22 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-266 Alice I have had XM radio in the car for about a year now and I love it. I just bought a Delphi XM to Go portable unit and I will let you know how it goes. I live in a house in NJ that faces north so I have no good southern exposure (meeded for satellite, although I am told in larger cities, there are also terrestrial satellites). So, the XM radio (in car) worked great with almost no drop outs from NJ to WI, but in my driveway.....Nothing! The Xm to go portable worked almost flawlessly using the FM modulator in another car with regular FM from NJ to PA and back (picking up daughter from college). If you like, I can give some XM feedback if you want to compare to Sirius. Thanks, and glad to have you back! Jim Alice

I have had XM radio in the car for about a year now and I love it. I just bought a Delphi XM to Go portable unit and I will let you know how it goes. I live in a house in NJ that faces north so I have no good southern exposure (meeded for satellite, although I am told in larger cities, there are also terrestrial satellites). So, the XM radio (in car) worked great with almost no drop outs from NJ to WI, but in my driveway…..Nothing!
The Xm to go portable worked almost flawlessly using the FM modulator in another car with regular FM from NJ to PA and back (picking up daughter from college). If you like, I can give some XM feedback if you want to compare to Sirius.

Thanks, and glad to have you back!
Jim

]]> by: Jim http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-262 Sat, 07 May 2005 12:02:20 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-262 GO XM GO XM

]]> by: Alice http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-220 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:08:38 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-220 Not worry, I am going to test, document, and photograph every aspect of this and get down to the real truth! I also have some issues that may be tricky. When I get ready for work in the morning I like to listen to the radio. My living room stereo is too far to hear from the bathroom unless you crank the volume and annoy the neighbors, so I bought a little Sony portable. If I connect the Sirius receiver to my home stereo, then I am out of luck in the morning, which next to commuting to and from work, is the time I would use a radio most. I am wondering if I can transmit the signal into the bathroom radio and use it that way. A possibility? Anyway, we shall see. And I hav ean FM transmitter and in San Francisco, it is almost useless. The static makes me nuts. Stay tuned..... Not worry, I am going to test, document, and photograph every aspect of this and get down to the real truth! I also have some issues that may be tricky. When I get ready for work in the morning I like to listen to the radio. My living room stereo is too far to hear from the bathroom unless you crank the volume and annoy the neighbors, so I bought a little Sony portable. If I connect the Sirius receiver to my home stereo, then I am out of luck in the morning, which next to commuting to and from work, is the time I would use a radio most. I am wondering if I can transmit the signal into the bathroom radio and use it that way. A possibility?

Anyway, we shall see. And I hav ean FM transmitter and in San Francisco, it is almost useless. The static makes me nuts.

Stay tuned…..

]]> by: Justin http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-215 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 04:36:30 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1300#comment-215 How are you going to run the audio from the Sirius unit to your stereo? If you use the fm modulator please post your thoughts on it's clarity and how far the unit can be from your antenna and still sound good. I use an airplay fm modulator with my iPod, but with my antenna in the back of the car and me in the front seat I tend to get alot of static. I hope the Sirius reciever has a stronger signal. How are you going to run the audio from the Sirius unit to your stereo? If you use the fm modulator please post your thoughts on it’s clarity and how far the unit can be from your antenna and still sound good. I use an airplay fm modulator with my iPod, but with my antenna in the back of the car and me in the front seat I tend to get alot of static. I hope the Sirius reciever has a stronger signal.

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