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In Reply to: thoughts on satellite radio posted by andyshedd on February 25, 2007 at 09:22:29:
....and that is U can certainly hear new music by artists U would not normally be exposed to with all the diverse channels BUT, it is the WORST sounding music medium to come down the pike in ages!!The compression on my Serius satellite service thru Dish network is so bad, that music takes on a monotonous quality and the sound has all the quality of a first generation portable CD player....ugghh!
Make your musical choices via the XM but purchase the music U really want to hear via another medium...if that matters to U :-)
Cheers,
Follow Ups:
What about the fact that with satellite radio in a car you don't have to look for a new station every 40 - 50 miles on long trips? You can literally drive from Maine to San Diego and listen to the same sat radio channel all the way. Or the fact that sat radio is outside the bowdlerizing and suffocating control of the FCC, which means that people on sat radio can have actual adult conversations about adult topics?
U do have a point about the FCC.I firmly believe that if I am paying for a service, I should be able to listen to whatever I want...even the Playboy channel....uugghh!!
Have U heard that drivel?
Cheers,
I made a 600 mile round trip through 3 states last weekend and was able to enjoy the same Sirius channels uninterrupted through the whole trip. I can't imagine why you wouldn't think that was worth having. Terrestrial radio largely sucks in the US unless you like one of the small group of formats pushed by the huge radio conglomerates that own hundreds of US stations, and even the rare stations that are worth listening to don't reach much beyond 50 miles. Sat radio's border to border reach is of no value?
"Sat radio's border to border reach is of no value?"Ease down there and don't take it so personal Rob......and yes I'll cede to U that coast to coast reception is a major attribute BUT I could not listen to Satellite radio for more than 45 minutes due to the reasons listed in my OP.
Personally, I rarely listen to radio anyway on either medium. When I'm mobile, I prefer to hear ~280 supercharged ponies ready at the press of a pedal :-)
Cheers and happy listening,
Sure, sattelite is better than commercial radio in this regard, but compared to a good community radio station - it's downright boring!
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