XM or Sirius?
11-08-2004, 04:43 AM
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XM or Sirius?
The A8L goes in Thursday for that satellite radio/Nav/MMI upgrade. I am still torn between XM and Sirius:
-Sirius has more content that appeals to me but I have heard that the sound quality is worse than XM and they has less market share.
-XM has more market share but seems aimed at people younger than me content-wise and have better sound quality.
The sound quality issue comparison was told to me like this: Sirius is like a 128KHz mpeg recording while XM is like a 192KHz mpeg recording.
I'll probably stick with Sirius but would like to hear differing views!
-Sirius has more content that appeals to me but I have heard that the sound quality is worse than XM and they has less market share.
-XM has more market share but seems aimed at people younger than me content-wise and have better sound quality.
The sound quality issue comparison was told to me like this: Sirius is like a 128KHz mpeg recording while XM is like a 192KHz mpeg recording.
I'll probably stick with Sirius but would like to hear differing views!
11-08-2004, 05:36 AM
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I have XM, it's no better than a good FM station
There is a huge difference between my iPod and XM, XM just doesn't sound nearly as good as the iPod....it's basically just like FM.
If you're not jammin', it doesn't matter to me.
If you're not jammin', it doesn't matter to me.
11-09-2004, 05:05 AM
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Re: XM or Sirius?
My dealer said my 04 VIN now qualifies for the MMI upgrade and with that I have my choice of the XM or the Sirius modules. I told him I have to go with Howard and get Sirius!
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