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Is it just me or did the XM reception improve greatly after merging with Sirius? It sounds much cleaner now, no longer like im underwater.
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If they've merged, no one told my Corvette's receiver. Drove it this morning, and sounded like the same old crap. Drove my Jeep, later (with Sirius) and it sounded decent. If they merged, and it will sound like the Corvette, don't tell my Jeep!
Siriusly (and no pun intended...), the C7 will likely be out before an XM/Sirius merger...
Siriusly (and no pun intended...), the C7 will likely be out before an XM/Sirius merger...
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Depending on where you live, XM may be better or worse than Sirius in reception. Near my house, XM is much better with no dropouts. Sirius has many dropouts and often won't work in my garage. YMMV.
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Im in South Florida but heres the thing. My girlfriend has an 05 Acura TL and her XM (and 5.1 logic stereo) sounds no better or worse then my XM and Bose system.
Her XM reception on most stations also suddenly sounds much better. Maybe it was due to the fact that I finally cleaned my ears after almost 2 years.
Her XM reception on most stations also suddenly sounds much better. Maybe it was due to the fact that I finally cleaned my ears after almost 2 years.
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Here in MN, the XM signal is quite good, but the quality coming out of the Bose speakers in the C6 is horrible. Shopdog recently posted on this, and I think he's absolutely correct - the problem isn't the signal; it is the box at the rear of the car that translates the digital signal into something the radio can use & you can hear. It does a horrible job. Compare the sound (at the exact same volume) on XM versus a CD or FM radio - a world apart. The XM box simply loses so much strength that the signal that comes out is really bad. Why can't GM and XM fix this?
BTW - there has been no merger, and there will be no merger. XM and Sirius both know that, but are hoping a new administration's justice department and FCC will look the other way.
BTW - there has been no merger, and there will be no merger. XM and Sirius both know that, but are hoping a new administration's justice department and FCC will look the other way.
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XM has four spacecraft on-orbit. The only things that will affect reception of the signal is the fact that it is line-of-sight to your cars. The receiver is looking signal being sent from 23,300 miles away. Weather, obstructions and sun-spots can all cause interference in the signal.
Once the vehicle has been launched, we the builders have no control of it and it litterally belongs to XM or Alcatel of France. Whatever they do with it and how they control its capabilities is purely up to them. I will add that they nicknamed them, XM1 and 2, are "Roc" and "Roll" and XM3 and 4 are "Rythm" and "Blues".
I do not know where or how Sirius is being broadcast at this time but most likely the source will not change just because the companies were going to merge. The XM receiver in our cars will only receive and decode the broadcasts it was designed for. I will venture a guess that a hardware change would be needed to receive both sets of signal broadcasts. Depending on how our receivers were designed, maybe some wise engineer considered this possibility and made the receiver programmable, therefore a software or firmware update would do it?
Once the vehicle has been launched, we the builders have no control of it and it litterally belongs to XM or Alcatel of France. Whatever they do with it and how they control its capabilities is purely up to them. I will add that they nicknamed them, XM1 and 2, are "Roc" and "Roll" and XM3 and 4 are "Rythm" and "Blues".
I do not know where or how Sirius is being broadcast at this time but most likely the source will not change just because the companies were going to merge. The XM receiver in our cars will only receive and decode the broadcasts it was designed for. I will venture a guess that a hardware change would be needed to receive both sets of signal broadcasts. Depending on how our receivers were designed, maybe some wise engineer considered this possibility and made the receiver programmable, therefore a software or firmware update would do it?
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XM has four spacecraft on-orbit. The only things that will affect reception of the signal is the fact that it is line-of-sight to your cars. The receiver is looking signal being sent from 23,300 miles away. Weather, obstructions and sun-spots can all cause interference in the signal.
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Still sounded crappy to me yesterday when I took a drive. Like a speaker stuffed in a box, and buried under ground. 
btw - reception is a completely different thing than audio quality. Reception of a digital signal means either you have a signal & sound, or no signal & no sound. The type & amount of data within that signal determines the audio quality.
btw - reception is a completely different thing than audio quality. Reception of a digital signal means either you have a signal & sound, or no signal & no sound. The type & amount of data within that signal determines the audio quality.
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