America's rural radio stations are vanishing

Re:America's rural radio stations are vanishing by creeble on Saturday June 08, 2019 @12:02PM (#20133092)

I like Sirius, or at least 3 or 4 stations. Enough to make the fees palatable.

What's almost UNpalatable is the audio quality: my Audi has the Sirius decoder, and it's notably awful. 17-32k stream according to Wikipedia. I guess some of the XM radios have higher rates. It's awful.

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Re:America's rural radio stations are vanishing by peapicker on Saturday June 08, 2019 @10:18PM (#20136613)

I’m with you. My Mini with 10 speaker Harmon Kardon audio and a free three month Siruis sub has made me realize Sirius audio quality is horrible. Mostly still listen to HQ Spotify with my premium sub. It might be better using SiriusXM’s app and doing data but I like being my own DJ.

Plus I get dropouts in south metro Denver area on Sirius and never on Spotify using Verizon.

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Re:America's rural radio stations are vanishing by ethagknight on Saturday June 08, 2019 @05:23PM (#20135267)

YES! the tinny audio quality is a total deal breaker. I don’t understand how people stand it.

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