Navigation & Audio Lifetime SIRIUS
#76
Yeah, you're right. It is better to have 3 shitty local analog radio stations with commercials every 5 minutes than 75 commercial free digital music channels and 50 Entertainment/Sports/News/Traffic/Kids channels.
This guy is probably still using rabbit ears on his TV set! Hey Newt, do ya know you have to get a digital box for yer TV (talkin' box) in February. Ah, he can't hear me, he's too busy yelling at the kids to get off his lawn.
This guy is probably still using rabbit ears on his TV set! Hey Newt, do ya know you have to get a digital box for yer TV (talkin' box) in February. Ah, he can't hear me, he's too busy yelling at the kids to get off his lawn.
Last edited by TheBigNewt; 12-16-2008 at 06:25 PM.
#77
I think I read somewhere that the lifetime subscription is transferable twice for $75 each time. Doesn't matter though since I'm keeping my car for quite a while. My car may out last Sirius! Who knows these days?
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#79
#80
Sure, and said "digital music" is highly compressed crap audio that sounds like a 1970's 8 track.
#81
#82
Which is sad. During the early days of satellite radio (when XM and Sirius were slugging it out as competitors) the quality of satellite signals was much better than it is now. There was more of an emphasis then on providing higher bit rate signals across fewer channels than trying to cram in as many different channels as possible. When competition began to focus on the latter, it quickly forced both companies to lower the amount of bandwidth allocated to each channel, which is what led to the drop in sound quality.
Last edited by mikeythemars; 07-07-2016 at 01:15 PM.
#83
#84
Frankly, that network is moving from intensive care into life support, because their business model has become too dependent on a "churn" strategy. Specifically, get auto manufacturers to install receivers and then offer a "free" initial short term subscription to car buyers. The assumption was they'd become addicted to the convenience of satellite and become long term renewal customers once the free trial ended.
But contrary to expectations, large proportions of buyers dropped the subscriptions when the free introductory period ended or within a month or two of that happening. And that symptom is being exacerbated by increased use of in-car streaming. My prediction: within a few years, satellite radio will be in the same shape as CDs are now. A service used by a dwindling number of aging clientele.
Last edited by mikeythemars; 07-24-2016 at 12:57 PM.
#85
#86
Well, I still listen to vinyl through a completely analog tube-based system (which has three dimensional fidelity no digital equipment can touch) and record music off of FM radio using a 1977 Nakamichi cassette deck. So the resemblance you mention is something I'm actually part of. Albeit, the newfound interest in vinyl by a large number of millennials are showing is suddenly making me feel a lot more trendy.
Last edited by mikeythemars; 07-25-2016 at 06:57 PM.
#88
Wow, two Dynacos - I assume you've heard them in action and were impressed by the fact a tube watt puts out a lot more SPL than a transistor one; a function of the high voltage (around 400 in a Dynaco) going into the filter caps. The power amp in my system is a 1963 Dynaco ST 70, pretty much original except for upgraded tube sockets (replaced the OEM plastic with ceramic ones), replacing the selenium recitifier with a diode, new electrolytic capacitors and an aftermarket VTA driver board.
Last edited by mikeythemars; 07-27-2016 at 08:20 AM.
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