SonnyDigs
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Thanks for the info,Sirius uses satellites to broadcast signals to terrestrial receivers. The satellites orbit far above the earth, on the order of thousands of miles. The satellites can't transmit with the same bandwidth or power of FM radio or other systems located on earth and perhaps only a few miles away from your car's radio.
If you were to stream Sirius on the mobile app, which is not going through the satellites, connected to your car's radio via a lighting or USB cable the sound quality would be much better.
Spotify has good sound quality depending on your subscription level. But don't expect great sound quality, for example, if you're using Bluetooth to stream from your phone to the car's radio because the Bluetooth connection is likely reducing the quality of the Spotify audio.
There are lots of variables in play, and it's not necessarily the source from Sirius (well, it is in the case of satellite radio), Spotify, Tidal or whatever that's the weak link in sound quality.
I appreciate it..
I now know much more than I did..
Will try the USB cable tomorrow.
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