Does anyone have Magnum XM tuners?


Hello to all,

This will be a two part post...second to follow. If anyone out there has one of the Magnum XM tuners...can you share your thoughts on the sonics..etc.?
whatjd
Avguygeorge....The Polk Audio XM tuner has a digital out and an outboard DAC does improve the sonics.
Hey thanks,Whatjd. I was with Directv a while back and they had changed from Music Choice. They gave us about 50 XM stations. Using the coax out of my Sony box the sound was good enough for me. Now I am with Time Warner Cable.(They use MC) Their classical stations play a lot stuff I don't care for. --- My anology would be a collection of classical records that had been picked thru/ all the good stuff gone / and they play what's left.
After your suggestion I have ordered the XRT12---Should be here next week. Anybody know is the 995 per/mo. still available? On the Crutchfield site; it doesn't seem to be there.--
Avguygeorge....let me know what you think of the unit on it's own...and with an outboard DAC.
Yes, I sure will. My dac is the AA Prestige se. It does a fine job with the cable box music stations. I know many members poo poo this and that's ok. I doubt I'll ever run it from rcas out---I'm just hoping it sounds as good as the cable box.-and that sound might surprise many.
I owned the first incarnation of sat. music/'round 20 years ago. That was called DMX radio. It had this cool remote. You got your info from a screen on the remote. THAT was the benchmark I was seeking, when I moved to directv.--That was a long,expensive journey.--This sony had a toslinc-out. No self respecting dac had this input. I paid MSB 500 to add a coax. IT was sad at best. Then I took it over to Theta; they ripped out msb's crappy coax and installed their own.-- Then I had what I had hoped for--something as good as the dmx-radio box. The cost of the D* box and the msb mod; added to the cost of the Theta mod and they added up to $2400--(true)-- Like all cable boxes; you just rent them and return when you switch services. I used that Sony box for 10 years and loved it. The Polk is a whole lot less in money,huh?