Neyland
join:2003-02-04
USA | reply to amarryat
Re: Color me gone
Sounds fine to me and I get quality O&A radio.. what's to hate? |
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BigFresh
join:2001-05-04
Stratford, CT | reply to Mactron
But paying for Opie and Anthony is ok with you?
I'm failing to see your argument... |
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neonhomer
Honoray Mythbuster
Premium
join:2004-01-27
Edgewater, FL
clubs:
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Re: More lousy audio?
I know what you mean there... I listen to XM 152 a lot, and it does sound like streamed audio. Two shows on 152 are from Real Radio 104.1 in Orlando, FL. If you listen to it on FM, and then listen to it on XM, you can definitely tell the difference. There is also a delay from "live" broadcast (they are on a 16 sec delay at the station) to being broadcast on XM. I think the feed they use is the same feed that is streamed to the Internet!
That channel, and XM 171 are the only reasons I have XM. Otherwise, I would be on Sirius. When the merger is said and done, I will see if I can get those two on Sirius, and then leave XM. If not, then I dunno.
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jeffster1970
Whatta Ya Think About Dat?
Premium
join:2004-04-01
Kitchener, ON
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·Bell Sympatico
| reply to Mactron
Re: Color me gone
I have Sirius, not for that idiot Howard Stern, but because they have some other wicked channels that XM couldn't provide...my favourite being BBC Radio 1 (Channel 11). You get to hear music that will take 5 years to crack the North American market. Howard Stern is around channel 100, I'll usually hit a good tune before I get that high. Besides, statistics claim that 95% of people can't count beyond 99, so, really, the merger would affect next to no one.
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC
1 edit | reply to JammerMan79
Actually it's Canadian English and American English if you all want to be Anal about this.
And I couldn't care less about Howard Stern. That's why there are a lot of other channels and an Off Button. |
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amarryat
Verizon FiOS
join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to neonhomer
Re: More lousy audio?
said by neonhomer  :I know what you mean there... I listen to XM 152 a lot, and it does sound like streamed audio. Two shows on 152 are from Real Radio 104.1 in Orlando, FL. If you listen to it on FM, and then listen to it on XM, you can definitely tell the difference. There is also a delay from "live" broadcast (they are on a 16 sec delay at the station) to being broadcast on XM. I think the feed they use is the same feed that is streamed to the Internet! That channel, and XM 171 are the only reasons I have XM. Otherwise, I would be on Sirius. When the merger is said and done, I will see if I can get those two on Sirius, and then leave XM. If not, then I dunno. I read somewhere that Sirius is even worse. But I have only heard XM, and that was starting last month. I like the selection, though I could probably narrow it down to 10 channels, and the rest I wouldn't miss. But I would like it to sound good! Plus around here there are plenty of FM stations - I have all 12 presets taken and there are others I would put on presets if I had more. |
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amarryat
Verizon FiOS
join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Neyland
Re: Color me gone
said by Neyland :Sounds fine to me and I get quality O&A radio.. what's to hate? When it is played through a decent audio system, it does not sound good. In my opinion, this is how it works out: I'd say their music channels sound approximately like a 96kbps MP3, and their talk are worse than 64kbps MP3. On a portable radio, you probably wouldn't notice the difference between their music and FM, but I think that the talk audio would have a noticeable difference, even on a low end portable radio. |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica
| reply to Mactron
said by Mactron :By the way... "humour" is spelled humor It's not my fault your country doesn't speak proper English. You know... Like they speak in England.
Oh wait, that wasn't what we were talking about. Too bad you just proved what I suspected, that you're an ignorant, pretentious jackass who thinks that acting like you dont find funny things funny makes you sophisticated.
"Oh those proles and their blasted low class humour!" you might say. But eventually it will dawn on you that you're not upper class, you're not even upper middle class, you're just another disposable peon who could die this very second, and the world would keep on turning as if you never existed.
Enjoy your false sense of supremacy while it lasts. On your death bed you'll wish you werent so stuck up and enjoyed a good laugh while you were able. |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica
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Also:
said by Mactron :Middle School English sure was was tough... Maybe for you, persunallie I exselled ate it; that and debating, where I learned that if the only argument your opponent can muster is to criticize your use of the English language, you have won. (unless your debate was on your use of the English language) |
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maartena
Stacked.
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Mactron
Well.... as you are in Santa Maria, CA - where they have Comcast for TV and Internet - And you probably are NOT going to vote with your pocketbook because they carry Howard Stern TV On Demand (and you "support that kind of trash" even if you have just the Internet side), I don't think anyone here is actually taking you seriously.
If you really felt that the fact that 1 single person is broadcasting on something you subscribe to, you would have switched to DSL for your internet, and went back to broadcast TV only. Because yes.... whaddayaknow, DirectTV has XM Radio Channels as well, and pretty soon you will be "supporting that kind of trash" by paying Direct TV.
I just have a hard time believing that would actually cancel with that as the primary reason. And it would be quite hypocritical to keep on Comcast if you indeed did cancel XM for that reason.
But hey....as long as it serves you, it isn't THAT bad that Howard Stern TV On Demand can be accessed through your VOD channel, or through the internet On Demand. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
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Re: More lousy audio?
Um, do you have an aftermarket radio? or one that's built in as a head unit or factory stereo?
Just about any aftermarket radio sounds like crap. The one that's installed in my Impala LTZ with a Boze Sound System sounds great. The aftermarket I have in my 98 F150 Lariet sounds "eh"... |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| reply to Mactron
Re: Color me gone
Hey!
If it wasn't for "Howard Stern"... radio could be much worse. We could be listening to the 24 Hour christian/filtered radio network on every frequency ... Howard Stern did a LOT for radio and freedom of speech.
Don't be immature and make silly threats to fluff your chest; people see through that crap every day.
Simply enjoy your FM.. no, wait.. continue to enjoy your Satellite Radio because you aren't going to drop your radio over HS. |
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JammerMan79
Premium,VIP
join:2004-05-13
Prince George, BC | reply to ifarrell
There's no such thing as Canadian English... it's just English. |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica
| said by JammerMan79 :There's no such thing as Canadian English... it's just English. I think he meant to say Commonwealth English.
Yeah, there IS a Wikipedia article called "Canadian English" (says that it is Commonwealth English with "Canadianisms") but there's also one on "Boston English", "Baltimorese", and "Pittsburgh English". |
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Mactron
el camino Real
Premium
join:2001-12-16
CM94sv
| reply to maartena
said by maartena :Well.... as you are in Santa Maria, CA - where they have Comcast for TV and Internet - And you probably are NOT going to vote with your pocketbook because they carry Howard Stern TV On Demand (and you "support that kind of trash" even if you have just the Internet side), I don't think anyone here is actually taking you seriously. If you really felt that the fact that 1 single person is broadcasting on something you subscribe to, you would have switched to DSL for your internet, and went back to broadcast TV only. Because yes.... whaddayaknow, DirectTV has XM Radio Channels as well, and pretty soon you will be "supporting that kind of trash" by paying Direct TV. I just have a hard time believing that would actually cancel with that as the primary reason. And it would be quite hypocritical to keep on Comcast if you indeed did cancel XM for that reason. But hey....as long as it serves you, it isn't THAT bad that Howard Stern TV On Demand can be accessed through your VOD channel, or through the internet On Demand.
Lots of assumptions on your part... Sadly for you most are incorrect. My wallet voted Comcast out some time ago. 
You might take the time to read profiles here before making assumptions.
You don't take me seriously? I don't care if you do or not.
Your opinion on how I spend My money is unimportant.
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amarryat
Verizon FiOS
join:2005-05-02
Marshfield, MA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to fiberguy
Re: More lousy audio?
said by fiberguy :Um, do you have an aftermarket radio? or one that's built in as a head unit or factory stereo? Just about any aftermarket radio sounds like crap. The one that's installed in my Impala LTZ with a Boze Sound System sounds great. The aftermarket I have in my 98 F150 Lariet sounds "eh"... Brand new car, factory premium audio system with 7 speakers including subwoofer. It sounds awesome. Just not on XM. I would rather listen to AM radio (while near the station) with a bit of hiss than the XM talk. At least the sound on the AM is not distorted from overcompression. I can live with the quality of the music channels, but they are not as good as FM, and nowhere near as good as a CD. If they would deliver the equivalent of 192kbps MP3, I would be thrilled, and that is what I had assumed.
BTW, I doubt you have a "Boze". |
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rec9140
Provoice just DO it
join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL
| reply to maartena
Re: Color me gone
said by maartena :
You are wrong, ALL music has royalties that need to be.... money is being moved from the radio station to the company who holds the royalty rights, which in turn gives part back to the artist.
In theory that may be whats supposed to happen, and if it 100% happened I wouldn't and alot of people probably wouldn't have an issue.
BUT.....
Enter corporate greed and lack of ethics and we have the music industries gestapo stormtroopers .. R I A A
When the $ might pay for CD, no DRM'd MP3, etc. goes from me to the artist. Fine. Till then. The system doesn't work that way. If it did we wouldn't see the endless stream of x suing for royalties from the record companies. And in the rare cases where the scumbags actually pay up, the amount that reaches the "artist(s)" is a pittance of what it should be. $0.90 of every $1 should goto the artists. The remaining $0.10 the scumbag record companies, managers, handlers can fight it out over.
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JammerMan79
Premium,VIP
join:2004-05-13
Prince George, BC | reply to james
Re: Color me gone
makes sense... Humour of course is spelled the correct British way in Canada (along with colour etc.)
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