I never bought a separate tuner for XM in the house since I get it on Directv. There is no comparison to real CD quality (redbook) due to compression and transmission quality. It is good enough for quieter listening in my bedroom, but not enough for quality listening. There are issues of compression, transmission to the sat, down from the sat and receiving by the dish. Only part of the equation is the decoding by the receiver. I say, enjoy it for what it is, but I can't see spending the money on a separate receiver unless you want to get the XM channels not available on directv.
XM Radio - Anyone Getting It Through DirectTV?
We moved a few months ago into a new and larger home. And long before the move I had my fill of the miserable picture provided by our cable TV service (Comcast). So we set up a DirectTV account and LOVE the service as well as the extra clean picture on every channel. (One of my main beefs with cable was the ghosting on at least two or three of the lowest channels on our cable system.)
A few weeks back we discovered the various XM channels that we get as part of our service package. My main question concerns the quality of the XM signal we are getting vs. that recieved by a dedicated XM satellite receiver. Is there any real difference? I can tell you that the classical channels on XM certainly have a LOT more enjoyable music than much of what our local classical station plays most weekday mornings.
A few weeks back we discovered the various XM channels that we get as part of our service package. My main question concerns the quality of the XM signal we are getting vs. that recieved by a dedicated XM satellite receiver. Is there any real difference? I can tell you that the classical channels on XM certainly have a LOT more enjoyable music than much of what our local classical station plays most weekday mornings.