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Free Sirius XM time
Free Sirius XM time
Today through December 2nd more than 100 music channels plus others are free. Enjoy!
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audiophile
- Posts: 9390
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- Location: Between 88 and 108 MHz.
Re: Free Sirius XM time
I heard it last night. Audio sounds terrible, as usual.
Psalm 139:13 ~ For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
Jeremiah 1:5 ~ "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you;
Exodus 20:13 ~ “You shall not murder."
Jeremiah 1:5 ~ "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you;
Exodus 20:13 ~ “You shall not murder."
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MotorCityRadioFreak
- Posts: 7682
- Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:26 am
- Location: Warren, MI
Re: Free Sirius XM time
The modulation is abysmal.
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Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
Re: Free Sirius XM time
Took three hour road trip yesterday and listened the whole time. The music channels I listened to sounded fine. My Jeep does have a premium sound system though so that may make a difference.
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MotorCityRadioFreak
- Posts: 7682
- Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:26 am
- Location: Warren, MI
Re: Free Sirius XM time
I have a Bose sound system. Still garbage. Worse modulation than FM.
They/them, non-binary and proud.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
Re: Free Sirius XM time
My old ears are no longer capable of appreciating good quality audio. Comes from working too many years in a noisy, industrial environment.
I just listen to the music as it is.
I just listen to the music as it is.
Re: Free Sirius XM time
XM had a shiteload of quality audio processors in DC. Sirius merger trashed them
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MWmetalhead
- Posts: 1039
- Joined: Mon Oct 14, 2024 6:59 pm
Re: Free Sirius XM time
XM's audio went to crap before the merger. I know because I subscribed to both services at various times pre-merger.XM had a shiteload of quality audio processors in DC. Sirius merger trashed them.
XM had annoying "clicking" sounds in the audio chain during spoken word content and soundstage wasn't very good during music content, although the KIIS-FM, Z100, and WLTW simulcasts are noteworthy exceptions. At the time the channel lineups became unified post-merger, I was still an XM subscriber. I noticed only a subtle change in audio processing on the music channels I regularly sampled. There were some bugs in the first week but those were quickly resolved.
The main advantage of the XM platform is the fact bandwidth allocation is consistent for a given channel. The Sirius platform uses some sort of variable bandwidth allocation schema, which causes weird fluctuations in fidelity for a given channel from one day to the next.
Sirius in the early days did have horrendous sounding audio on its music channels due to data loss; this caused rhythm sections to have an obnoxious "swirly" sound. As their CODEC technology improved, that issue was largely resolved by 2006 or 2007.
I have no idea what the differences are between how Honda receives Sirius XM content versus Ford, but the audio quality on SXM is much better in my current Honda than my prior Ford vehicles. It also compares favorably to my local FM stations in many cases.
Kevin Hart is not funny at all.
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MotorCityRadioFreak
- Posts: 7682
- Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:26 am
- Location: Warren, MI
Re: Free Sirius XM time
Got an email for a free 3 month all access trial yesterday.
Not working in the car for some reason, but I am listening through my TV and Firestick. Only beef there is that it will not update in real time. For example, I opened the app at 2 PM and have been listening to Lithium for 17 minutes, but the same songs are still in the channel guide from 2 PM on other stations. I know back in the day that channels would update live. And yes, I can skip it to live, but they limit your skips. I know, minor annoyance. I just like to listen live. I guess I should refresh my signal at this point.
Not working in the car for some reason, but I am listening through my TV and Firestick. Only beef there is that it will not update in real time. For example, I opened the app at 2 PM and have been listening to Lithium for 17 minutes, but the same songs are still in the channel guide from 2 PM on other stations. I know back in the day that channels would update live. And yes, I can skip it to live, but they limit your skips. I know, minor annoyance. I just like to listen live. I guess I should refresh my signal at this point.
They/them, non-binary and proud.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
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MotorCityRadioFreak
- Posts: 7682
- Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:26 am
- Location: Warren, MI
Re: Free Sirius XM time
I noticed that the audio is MUCH better on my TV via Firestick. Audio on my computer is fair and car usually subpar.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 2:11 pmXM's audio went to crap before the merger. I know because I subscribed to both services at various times pre-merger.XM had a shiteload of quality audio processors in DC. Sirius merger trashed them.
XM had annoying "clicking" sounds in the audio chain during spoken word content and soundstage wasn't very good during music content, although the KIIS-FM, Z100, and WLTW simulcasts are noteworthy exceptions. At the time the channel lineups became unified post-merger, I was still an XM subscriber. I noticed only a subtle change in audio processing on the music channels I regularly sampled. There were some bugs in the first week but those were quickly resolved.
The main advantage of the XM platform is the fact bandwidth allocation is consistent for a given channel. The Sirius platform uses some sort of variable bandwidth allocation schema, which causes weird fluctuations in fidelity for a given channel from one day to the next.
Sirius in the early days did have horrendous sounding audio on its music channels due to data loss; this caused rhythm sections to have an obnoxious "swirly" sound. As their CODEC technology improved, that issue was largely resolved by 2006 or 2007.
I have no idea what the differences are between how Honda receives Sirius XM content versus Ford, but the audio quality on SXM is much better in my current Honda than my prior Ford vehicles. It also compares favorably to my local FM stations in many cases.
They/them, non-binary and proud.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.