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1618 messages, Last post on Nov 11, 2009 at 3:22 PM
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| Has anybody used this antenna?http://www.sdarsantennas.com/prod_547.php | |
| No new XM users or news around here? Still enjoying mine alot. | |
| I am still here, loving the programming as well! | |
| I got my XM radio in December, and I travel in my car for a living, and it sure is nice to finally have a device that enhances the radio that exists in your car. Just got back from West Virginia, and it is virtually impossible to find a clear radio station on either AM or FM when there, but my XM worked flawlessly and it was fun to listen to music without static or hiss. If you want to improve your quality of your car stereo, just put an XM radio in. I have the Sony Plug "n" Play and it is terrific, since I have the flexibility of moving it from car to car or into my house, and even when I travel by air and have to rent a car it goes right along with me. | |
| EW has another article on satellite radio this week. The jist of the article is how the bonds of commercial radio programming have been broken, but will people pay for it? One of the arguments against the success of satellite radio is that the average person -- married, children, mortgage, car payments, cable TV, internet access -- will be reluctant to spend another $120 per year for radio. Personally, I don't agree. Many of these same people spend $3 to $5 for coffee at Starbucks; is $9.99 a month really going to break the bank for these people? Granted, XM is going to have to do some hard selling until they achieve so-called market penetration to convince people that it is a great service. For now, I think the first 100,000 subscribers are like me: gadget freaks and audiophiles. But isn't that true of any new technology? | |
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Freaks? I think the politically correct term is "early adopters", LOL. Steve Host SUVs, Vans and Aftermarket & Accessories Message Boards |
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Do you think they will even get 10,000 to use this? About the only thing I can see a use for is for truckers and people in VERY rural areas. |
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| I guess I'm sort if an audiophile and probably sort of a gadget freak, but the main reason I bought XM was because of the programming! Commercial radio has gone to the dogs in recent years and XM(and Sirius) are long overdue. The lack of static is nice, but the sound quality of XM is about like a strong FM station. But the programming and variety is 10 times better than anything on FM or AM. | |
| Anyone know who I should email or write at XM to suggest an area in need of a repeater. I've been using the XM unit at home alot and where I live, I don't have a good southern sky exposure and occasionally lose signal. I've put the unti in test mode and an usually getting signal from just one of the satellites and never anything from a repeater. | |
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I actually believe that the audio quality from XM is much better than FM -- the frequency response is broader. I can definitely hear the difference on my factory speakers, it's as good as the CD player. I tried that trick of putting my Sony into test mode (pressing and holding the Menu and Preset 5 buttons simultaneously), and the unit does turn on but it seems to be in normal mode. How did you get the signal strength meter to display? |
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