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Originally Posted by Rosetta Stoned
To your second paragraph. Sirius XM sound quality just sucks. Unless you're old and lost most of your hearing, or just listen to the talk stuff. They use low bitrate which cuts out the higher frequencies and muffles the sound. It's worse than 128k mp3 even though its supposedly higher efficiency codecs.
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Originally Posted by 1HOT BMR
I like the way you describe it like it is a factory issue with your speakers  Sirius/XM is the absolute worst value because of what they charge for the worst possible sound you can have coming out of your speakers, tons of commercials and/or self promoting spots and . . . did I say dismal sound?
They also play all kinds of games with their pricing offers and their schemes to keep you paying for their service. Like renewing your subscription automatically and then sending you the bill when you specifically avoid giving them your CC number to prevent this. They did it to me on my last car even though I had paid for my subscription with a check and got assurances from the Sirius staff person that I would get a renewal notice.
My guess is that there is nothing wrong with your car. Insert your favorite CD into the slot and see how your system sounds  |
I guess the superior sound system in the X5 just makes the imperfections more noticeable, since I thought XM sounded great in my 335 (even with "Premium sound w/ Logic7"). I guess I won't be renewing once my free trial ends. MP3 files and CD's sound great, btw. I'm just not sure what the radio fading thing is though.
And I know what you mean with the subscription games. When you call in to try to remove your automatic renewal, they instantly offer like 50% off the prices. They're so desperate to keep your credit card on file. Thanks for the help