XM tuners/ receivers
I have a fairly vintage system,... MR-78, Rogue Audio, Parasound, Marantz, dbx. I want to incorporate Satellite Radio into it, The MR-78 is a wonderful tuner, but because of my location , I have difficulty tuning the stations I want, even wth an external FM antenna. I was thinking about an MR-88, which are becoming hard to find.
Any recommendations on a similar tuner ..or...or is a simple XM receiver ok and can I put it thru my system using RCA Aux. jacks, etc?
Thanks!
kennycI picked up a Kenwood L-02T based on their shootout That's an excellent tuner, I've never come across one though for sale. I have a Sansui TU9900 lightly moded / restored. I live In Victoria BC and listen to the Seattle based NPR station regularly. Thant's about 60-70 miles away i believe with some mountains in the area and of course open water. I tried a Mac tuner but i found it was not as good at getting distant signals, too bad i miss presets. |
First what kind of radio antenna do you have? That kind of makes all the difference in picking up stations. XM sucks, it has the worst audio quality, worst customer service, is totally unstable. Canceled my subscription last year. Weirdly, had a $300 XM charge on my CC, they renewed my subscription!! However, my XM radio does not work, but I'm paying for it? Another 45min on the phone with them trying to get my canceled subscription canceled again. Then they pro-rate it, as it took me a month to figure it out. I even told them, that my paid service is not working. Totally scam, and thieves! Anyway, if I "had" to do XM, the only way is really to stream it. It has the "best" sound quality, and is the most stable. Really would just do it through my current streamer. Would not purchase any XM component. You can also get a "streaming" service from them for $5 a month. If you are paying anymore, call and cancel, they will offer you the $5 a month. |
