Sirius sounds terrible?
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Sirius sounds terrible?
Hi all
I am not an audiophile. I listen to talk radio mostly with some occasional music, both on Sirius. This is my first ford with a factory Sirius receiver.
the audio sounds terrible with Sirius but sounds absolutely fine when I tune with local radio stations.
I feel weird even asking this question. Is this normal? Anything I can do?
I am not an audiophile. I listen to talk radio mostly with some occasional music, both on Sirius. This is my first ford with a factory Sirius receiver.
the audio sounds terrible with Sirius but sounds absolutely fine when I tune with local radio stations.
I feel weird even asking this question. Is this normal? Anything I can do?
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From: Katy Texas
Hi all
I am not an audiophile. I listen to talk radio mostly with some occasional music, both on Sirius. This is my first ford with a factory Sirius receiver.
the audio sounds terrible with Sirius but sounds absolutely fine when I tune with local radio stations.
I feel weird even asking this question. Is this normal? Anything I can do?
I am not an audiophile. I listen to talk radio mostly with some occasional music, both on Sirius. This is my first ford with a factory Sirius receiver.
the audio sounds terrible with Sirius but sounds absolutely fine when I tune with local radio stations.
I feel weird even asking this question. Is this normal? Anything I can do?
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Yes sir its normal. Sirius quality is tinny and hollow. I believe it has to do with the way they compress the audio files. My ol’ lady has it in her wrangler and the broadcast quality is terrible. She loves the selection though. Every time i call to renew the subscription, i use the lacking quality as a way to haggle them down on the price. Never pay full asking for sirius or xm.
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Yes sir its normal. Sirius quality is tinny and hollow. I believe it has to do with the way they compress the audio files. My ol’ lady has it in her wrangler and the broadcast quality is terrible. She loves the selection though. Every time i call to renew the subscription, i use the lacking quality as a way to haggle them down on the price. Never pay full asking for sirius or xm.
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From: West Virginia
I noticed just yesterday that the Sirius sound quality in our Lincoln had degraded badly and nothing could improve it. When my subscriptions expire, I'll not be renewing. Pandora and audio books are my friends. 
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Mountain Pass
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Can't stand all the commercials Sirius has ! When they offer the $30 a month cut rate it's still not as good a deal as Pandora Premium !
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Mountain Pass
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Agreed, poor quality here too. I previously worked in the development field for Car Audio and this has always been an issue. We used to work to make it sound better on the receiver end, but a turd is still a turd even when polished. I can't stand all the car dealer commercials that never stop in my area so I pay $60.00 per year for Sirius and deal with it when I listen.
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From: Michigan
might be the only one that thinks it does not sound that bad. before I even received my truck I had read how terrible the b&o system was, so I expected to pay $1500 in speakers. don't think it is the best I have ever heard, but it's not that bad. I have it set to stereo instead of surround and faded to the back. when I stream Spotify it actually sounds worse and not as loud and clear as sirius.
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FWIW - the audio quality for Sirus is vastly better when you stream through their app. Unless I'm listening to one of the news/talk stations, I'll always stream through my phone / car play.
I suspect that they've had to shave bandwidth due to all the channels they've added over the years, resulting in degraded satellite audio quality.
I suspect that they've had to shave bandwidth due to all the channels they've added over the years, resulting in degraded satellite audio quality.
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FWIW - the audio quality for Sirus is vastly better when you stream through their app. Unless I'm listening to one of the news/talk stations, I'll always stream through my phone / car play.
I suspect that they've had to shave bandwidth due to all the channels they've added over the years, resulting in degraded satellite audio quality.
I suspect that they've had to shave bandwidth due to all the channels they've added over the years, resulting in degraded satellite audio quality.
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might be the only one that thinks it does not sound that bad. before I even received my truck I had read how terrible the b&o system was, so I expected to pay $1500 in speakers. don't think it is the best I have ever heard, but it's not that bad. I have it set to stereo instead of surround and faded to the back. when I stream Spotify it actually sounds worse and not as loud and clear as sirius.
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From: Michigan
Sorry , but if you think Sirius doesn't sound so bad , I can save you the 1500$ on speakers.... It's a compression issue. No system can make Sirius sounds good. They use a bitrate of 64kbps.... So welcome to 1996. I can't believe they are still in business honestly when they advertise their ''Crystal clear and superior sound quality''.