Sirius Radio Rocks
01-04-2006, 08:09 PM
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From a content perspective, i like it better than xm. Sound quality-wise, xm's signal seems to be...
much stronger. My car originally came with XM but I have since swapped it out for Sirius. no regrets, though
01-04-2006, 09:48 PM
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Good content, but bad luck with customer service
Perhaps my experience was unique, but it took over an hour and three phone calls, burning up cell minutes and repeating my information several times over, just to get my radio activated. After demanding to speak to a manager while on the third call, the response was to put me on "death hold", even though I had told her that overage minutes on my phone cost $0.40 per minute and no one ever came onto the line.
(Plus, it was interesting how the reps claim to be in Dallas, yet the music played while on hold was to a station broadcasting in Hindi and all the reps were Indian. I have no issue with dealing with outsourced customer service, but I don't appreciate being lied to.)
At this point, I'm tempted to switch to XM. If anyone is interested in swapping units, please let me know...
(Plus, it was interesting how the reps claim to be in Dallas, yet the music played while on hold was to a station broadcasting in Hindi and all the reps were Indian. I have no issue with dealing with outsourced customer service, but I don't appreciate being lied to.)
At this point, I'm tempted to switch to XM. If anyone is interested in swapping units, please let me know...
01-05-2006, 04:35 AM
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It's the Audi radio, itself
I installed a Sirius ST2 in my Saab via Aux input and it sounds great. My friend has it built into his Bose on his new A4 and it does blow. Audi should address the problem.
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01-05-2006, 04:38 AM
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I think the head unit/speaker set up just reveals the limitations of...
the limited bandwidth Sirius is able to use to send the music down. My friend has one in his Ford explorer (whose stock system sucks...) and the Sirius sounds just as "good" as his FM or CD 
01-05-2006, 04:45 AM
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On the B7 Bose system, it's no worse than FM...
At least for the music stations, I find the sound quality to be on par with FM (although below the level of a CD). The news and traffic stations do have horrendous sound quality -- clearly, not much bandwidth is dedicated to these non-music channels -- but the music stations are fine.
Let's face it, the Bose speaker/amp set-up and/or the Symphony head unit just don't deliver optimal sound quality. It may be better than the systems found in some rival cars, but it's simply not as good as a well-designed aftermarket system. I don't know if I'd blame Sirius for that.
Let's face it, the Bose speaker/amp set-up and/or the Symphony head unit just don't deliver optimal sound quality. It may be better than the systems found in some rival cars, but it's simply not as good as a well-designed aftermarket system. I don't know if I'd blame Sirius for that.