Is this to say, Rich, that IBOC sounds worse than what Sirius has? (Yeah, I
installed one in the car a while ago, although I haven't had a lot of time
to listen because not soon after I've had a series of long-term mechanics
needs.) I've noticed that Sirius uses different codecs rates for their
streams...the voice-based streams are particularly low-fi, with artifacts
that I can hear pretty easily. The music-based streams obviously use a
higher-quality codecs, although even then I can still hear artifacts similar
to what Windows Media Player will exhibit on even high-rate streams.

Yes, I'm a "golden-eared *******", as I can still hear the difference
between vinyl and CD recordings. For the same reasons, I won't use an iPod
or similar MP3 device because I can't stand the fidelity loss (and needless
to say, that means that downloading music is not an option...free or
otherwise, it's not worth the price)...but seeing as you've said you have a
Sirius receiver yourself, where would you put IBOC (AM and FM versions) with
the Sirius streams? In any event, I suspect that I'd be similarly
underwhelmed with either IBOC service (I'm just barely satisfied with the
Canadian DRB solution, although in fairness, it does sound better than the
associated analog services, at least). -- For direct replies, take out the
contents between the hyphens. -Really!-



"Rich Wood" wrote in message
...
On 3 Mar 2004 16:06:09 GMT, Steve Stone
wrote:

Thinking about updating a high end home audio system.

Should I wait for IBOC to be brought out for consumers or will I be waiting
a real long time
for this to happen ??

I've heard IBOC. The last thing you want to connect it to is a high
end audio system. It's sort of like buying a Rolls Royce and using it
to haul manure.

Rich