Pandora vs Sirius/XM in audio quality

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I have both. I have the paid version of Pandora.

Sirius cannot even come close to Pandora in tonal quality/dynamics.

Anyone know why?

[onehandle]

1. Because SiriusXM is run by cheap dying dinosaurs of the radio industry.

As bad as the online feed is, the actual radios in cars via satellite is even worse.

They keep adding sports channels and increasing the bandwidth for Howard Stern, to make his voice deeper, resulting in music stations sounding worse and worse.

If I didn't have it for free in my car, I wouldn't have it at all. But even for free, I find myself streaming Spotify or iTunes Match tracks over LTE, because it sounds 1000% better.

[NightWatcher]

2. Xm/Sirius is still around? I thought they died years ago

I ditched xm before the merger.

[olddots]

3. it's all about compression

n.t.

[KeepItReal]

4. I was a Sirius subscriber until Pandora

Happily paying for Pandora's truly commercial free content

Only problem is AT&T throttling my "unlimited" data plan when I hit 3GB of data usage each month. $100+ a month since day 1 of the original iPhone just ain't enough for those greedy bastards.

[SHRED]

5. I have CREDO as my provider

So far unlimited data.

[KeepItReal]

6. I just saw Credo has the Samsung Galaxy S 4

If they carry the HTC One also I'd give them some thought as I make my decision to change carriers