Sirius or XM. Sound Quality and Future Enhancments - Chuyên Trang Chia Sẻ Kiến Thức Thời Trang Mới Nhất

Update

Hey guys. I posted more than 2 years ago about my 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee which had a Sirius radio, and how the sound quality was terrible. Since then I have done a LOT of research and have found what most are saying on this forum. To those who aren’t familiar, please head my caution, even though Sirius and XM are now one company, they still make both Sirius and XM hardware separately. The issue is that anyone using Sirius hardware gets the terrible sound quality, those with XM hardware get the good audio quality. Sirius radios use different satellites than XM, and also use a different decompression algorithm, therefore causing the degradation in audio quality.

I couldn’t stand the audio quality so much, that I ended up trading in my 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee for a 2014 model. Chrysler was smart, and decided to start putting the new “SiriusXM” tuners in their radios (which utilize the legacy “XM” satellites and decompression). Audio quality is now 100x better, not “tinny” underwater sound anymore.

I’m now in the market for a 2015 Ford Expedition (please leave your judgment at the door) and have yet to test drive one. I know that Ford has always used Sirius tuners in their radios, and they still appear to as all the 2015 Ford literature indicates that you get the “Sirius All Access” package with your radio.

Now, my question is this. Has Sirius quality improved at all? Am I going to end up with terrible sound quality in the 2015 Expedition too? I know I need to go test drive one to see for myself, but wanted everyone’s opinion here as well. For example, I know the gentleman on this forum some time ago claimed that once he traded in his BMW for a more advanced model (with NAV), his Sirius audio quality increased and was actually good. After some research I know that BMW still uses Sirius hardware…so wouldn’t the sound quality still be poor?

Anyway, hoping to revive this thread, as I think it’s important we bring this issue to light to the consumerist public.