Sirus XM Radio


Was thinking of adding a XM Radio receiver to my system just wondering if anyone has tried this or has it and how is it is working out. Just worried about the quality of the sound not a fan of mp3? Also the units on there web site don’t look very SOTA. Any feedback would be welcomed. 
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If you want to listen to XM at home, streaming the signal will give you much higher fidelity than what you can get from the satellite. It may not be "high end" sound, but it will walk all over the fidelity from OTA - it will be immediately obvious to you.

XM subs now include the stream at no extra charge, so it’s really not a bad value.
dgarretson
XM satellite to car is compressed and boomy-- almost unlistenable.
As with so many things in audio: It depends. XM in my car does indeed sound poor, with that  compressed, swishy sound that XM is known for. But the XM radio in my wife's car is much, much better. It's still not as hi-fi as a fine FM station (not that there are many of them around these days), but it's listenable for the car, imo.
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