Sattelite/Cable music channels

amulford
amulford Posts: 5,020
edited April 2004 in Music & Movies
Does anybody ever utilize the "cd quality" music channels?

Personally, I like them for general listening. The no commercials has me hooked.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2004
    I like listening since I get to hear some stuff I might not otherwise. I have stumbled across some good stuff I otherwise would have missed.
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited April 2004
    I have a Sirius satellite setup and have auditioned a XM satellite setup in my two channel rig at home. Its cool for 10 bucks a month but to call it "cd quality" no way. In my experience it is definitely veiled sounding compared to cds and the volume is not as loud (lower gain). Its cool when I'm too lazy to spin cds from a single disk player that I have though.
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  • wrxmy02
    wrxmy02 Posts: 92
    edited April 2004
    Comcast Digital- Philly area,
    Great stereo image, bass is weak and not down to 20Hz, dynamic range is not CD quality. the over all quality is about a 100k MP3.

    The song selections are rather good and reaches every gender.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited April 2004
    D* and thats why I purchased the AA DTI which did wonders.

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2004
    Music Choice on Time Warner Cable ...

    Several "favorite" channels I choose from. Great source for lazy listening with nothing specific in the collection comes to mind.

    Sometimes hear an old tune I'd nearly forgotten on the "Classic Rock" and "Classic R&B" channels. And if one comes on that truly has been forgotten, a glance at the TV gives all the info.
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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
    edited April 2004
    I listen to a few of the channels on Direct TV (I think it is Music Choice).

    It is not CD quality, but is better than FM radio in terms of reception. I do like the variety, lack of commercials, and the more obscure artists. I also have to hike up the volume control quite a bit to get it to "normal".

    I've found the bass to be about normal, but generally a lack of dynamics is my biggest gripe. You don't get much fine detail or soundstaging from it either. That isn't a big deal, as I don't critically listen to this source.

    All in all, I'm glad to have it as part of my basic subscription package.
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