Qobuz in the car

I had free Sirius in my last 2 vehicles and I quit using it very quickly. Unfortunately they continually bothered me to renew. FWIT my wife bought a new car last week and I asked the sales agent not to activate Sirius and remove us from their marketing. He said that’s not possible, once again a parasitic sales company. Also while driving the hills of Northern California and western Oregon it continually cut in and out like an old car radio YMMV. Cheers , Mike B. 

Sound quality wise, Qobuz via Apple car play sounds better than Amazon Music in my cars, sounds better than connecting via Bluetooth.  If AI is right, might be wrong… Apple or Android CarPlay have a separate WiFi antenna that does transmit higher res, supports other res which yields better results than BT.  Sirius, in any of my cars it’s never sounded all that good, I prefer HD radio over it any day.  If Sound Quality is what you are after, Qobuz via car play hands down, YMMV, that’s my experience 

Sirius sounds terrible imho. Whatever compression scheme they use reminds me of ancient low bitrate mp3 files. It's fine for talk radio (yuck) or podcast style programs but a non-starter for music in my opinion. 

I would take any version of Qobuz (or Tidal, or Apple Music) over Sirius. Even the worst connection which would be lossy Bluetooth should still be superior. Apple Carplay or Android Audio is another step up even when using a wireless version (it uses wifi instead of lossy bluetooth to send the signal). Using a cable to an aux jack is good too, again much better than Sirius.

Obviously the convenience factor is important. Carplay and Android Audio do a great job I think. So use one of those if you can.

Yes music on Sirius in car always been a recipe for ear bleeds for me. No thanks. 

@buellrider97 

It’s funny. I never liked Sirius, but my wife loves it. I finally got her off of it, but every time we rent a car, it’s like heroin to a junkie. It takes months to get her off of the high she gets from listening to the comedy channels.