Recording XM/Sirius Live broadcasts

Agreed!
Dish Network subscriber here which has carried Sirius for years, at some low rate bit rate, which never passed my listening tests. Treble was tiring, and just a mess overall...

However, on a whim I recently decided to give it a whirl again, optical I/C, upsampled from 20/48 to 24/384 thru my CambridgeAudio - 740c thru the Meier Corda Opera headamp AKG-701s, Beyerdynamics DT-990('05e)'s, and/or Denons AH-D2000s and I was shocked to find, indeed this signal is as good and betters some of my CDs. Shocked I tell ya, although very pleasntly so, as you might imagine readers, or know by experience (OP)!

I mention my assortment of referance headphones,as being most suceptible to a nasty signal; But even the 990s with their very extended treble sing very nicely indeed on cymbal brushes thru to articulate lower octives too, etc.

Just wanted to confirm your findings for the readership, 'cause their skeptical first readings now need to be tested before typing that with which I too agreed with from previous experience.

Quite unbelievable, but it's true. Sirius/XM upsampled is very good listening now!

Enjoy the tunes ~

Mumbles,

Now check to see what kind of Coax cable you have running to your HD receiver. If it is the stock crap that's provided with the receiver,replace it with a good aftermarket video cable. I use a Monster 3 type (don't laugh),you will gain depth.

Not all the Sirius channels are the same quality though. The Jazz and Classical and a few others seem to have a higher quality signal.

Now tonight listen to the live broadcast and Sundays broadcast and compare.

This was one of the reasons I got back into RTR's in a big way. The sattelite feed should be a boon to those who can record.

Cheers

Wavetrader,
I just switched from cable to DTV after reading here about better bandwidth available from satellite than from cable. So I have the latest receiver ect. And the installer told me the double, hd cable he used was better than the standard stuff, It is 99.9 oxygen free copper. Was this the case with the cable you replaced? I will look into monster 3 to receiver.
Im using silver rca's out for audio and stock dtv hdmi cable for video.

Mumbles any cable should be a improvement over a stock cable. When I was trying different cables for the HD receiver connection the monster 2 was alot better then stock and the 3 was a big improvement over the 2 series. More depth,detail and dynamics.

The Callaway concert last night I was clearly able to hear the crowd much more so than say these recordings: Eva Cassidy Live at Blues Alley,Jazz at the Pawnshop and Stan Getz Serendipity. The difference is night and day as far as ambient retreival,detail and dynamics.

If some have been at the Met opera HD showings they use a sattelite feed,So the quality could be far and away better if they(Dish,DTV) use the increased bandwith when they broadcast. The startup of HD FM has got to up the anty I would think for DTV and Dish, I would hope so.

Finthen,

It's always nice to hear that others share the same opinion. I hope Sirius/XM continue to improve the service.

Cheers,
Wave