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afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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Is their music compressed and lossy?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited January 2015
    More than most any other format. That is why they sound spacey and tinny at times. They do run their music at higher rates than their talk stations though. There are times that their talk stations are actually unlistenable.....
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I am coming to the end of a free trial and looking for a good reason to renew. I have only listened to it in my car and it sounded ok I guess but I have yet to play a CD or anything else for comparison.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    I have had XM for over 10 years and use it since I live in a rural area and radio choices are sparse. I also like it to find news and talk shows for keeping my mind alert during those afternoon drives when I tend to get tired. I also prefer having consistent programming when going cross country. Enough reasons why for me, and none of them have anything to do with quality of the music sound. If I want quality music, I stream from my phone or play a CD. I do use XM while driving to find new music and like the display giving me instant info on the artists and enjoy the exclusive studio concerts that they have on occasion.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    It's a shame that XM/Sirius streams at such low quality rates, when we all thought that we'd finally have high quality music. The almighty dollar I guess.
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  • Easy Runnin
    Easy Runnin Posts: 501
    Let it go. By May they will be offering a six month subscription for $25. Get that, cancel it at the end and wait till they offer it again.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Damn I just signed on for 6 mos at 50 bucks. I can probably cancel that i dont really want it that bad but I listen to Howard Stern sometimes and it makes me laugh in a creepy disturbing way.
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  • Easy Runnin
    Easy Runnin Posts: 501
    The $25 deal won't include Howard.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    I have it on the Wife's Car and mine and my Daughter's car my daughter let her trial run out, they contact me every other week as I own her car wanting us to come back and every other month they turn it back on for her for a while.

    Me and the wife pay $89 a year for each vehicle and $40 dollars a year for streaming, great for in the car and around the house for non critical listening, come renewal time I tell them to give me the same price or I will cancel and they can try to get me back with thier annoying specials, they honor it every year, the trick is to pay that fee with a money order so they can't automatically bill your credit card with what they think they should be charging you.
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    I was sucked into the trial when I bought a new car. I can never go back to commercials...I mean FM radio. If you're on the road quite a bit, for me, it's worth it.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    We've had XM for 2 years. The variety is what you are paying for sans commercials. Is it worth it, you bet. I spend roughly 4 hours in my car a day and this was money well spent. NHL, Sportscenter, Classic Vinyl, etc...

    Yup. I'm a believer.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    We got a free trial last year with the Passat...no thanks...I prefer the local sports radio, and music is streamed from the phones. Sons a guns call constantly though wanting us to renew.
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  • VCoak
    VCoak Posts: 200
    My XM expired this December. I have not renewed but everytime I turn on the car they call within ten minutes. They must see the system is activated. S/Q is just not there but convenience with commercial free makes it a plus for some.
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