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Maybe SiriusXM can pick this up. The audio quality is generally awful but especially on news/talk channels like Bloomberg and CNBC. There is no depth or richnes

• tgtweak 2y ago
  It actually comes down to the SiriusXM receiver that is being used - I've witnessed the built-in sirius/xm on on the latest GM platform (a $100,000+ Cadillac) sounding like AM radio to immediately sitting in a better-than-apple-streaming quality rendition of the exact same channel on an older lexus a few minutes apart... The mobile xm receivers (like ipods) that they used to sell also had very good quality and I never noticed any quality shortcomings even with good headphones. I think the "high" quality stream is 256kbps/16k which is fairly high compared to most streaming services that come in around 128/160.
  • sitkack 2y ago
    I am archiving some music at 40kbps using Opus and the quality is pretty amazing. I think once things get over 20+kbps all the codecs start sounding pretty good (relative to the these low bitrates). I still prefer flac if possible.
    • theoperagoer 2y ago
      Opus is fantastic!
  • wildzzz 2y ago
    My old Sirius portable receiver sounded like garbage despite the marketing material saying "Crystal Clear". My 2006 Infiniti Sirius receiver didn't sound any better despite being a massive space heater in the trunk. The later cars I've used it in sound good, at least good enough to sound as clear as FM radio or even HD radio. I think some of the channels are still in lower bitrates like the news channels for example, they've always sounded bad. There's something I've read about SiriusXM using terrestrial transmitters which may improve the signal whereas the satellite link may be of lower bandwidth.