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Old 07-19-12, 10:20 PM
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Question XM vs Pandora sound quality

Anyone else seem to notice that Pandora sounds better than satellite radio?
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What phone / service provider do you have?
Old 07-20-12, 09:59 AM
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I actually feel like the opposite...

My SAT sounds better than Pandora...

Is your phone connected through USB or BT?
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I have a Motorola razr max from Verizon. It works way better than my Samsung infuse from AT&T.
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I have the same concer...my SAT sounds way better than pandora when hooke dup through BT audio.

I have a samsung galaxy s on VZW which is a good phone snd service. I think it has to do with pandora actually. I think maybe if I DL the pndora app through lexus it might sound better via the car.

Any thoughts?

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All I can figure is that cellular (Pandora) has higher data density than satellite (XM).
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IMHO, satellite sounds much better than Pandora going through Bluetooth streaming. Hd Fm sounds the best unless you use CD's.
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Interesting.

I feel like the XM sound quality is not as crisp as my wifes '09 Highlander but I have no way of validating that. I stream Pandora (when it works with the damn EnForm Application) and it sounds on/par with XM.

I used iPhone 4S with Verizon.

But it appears you are using a LTE phone (4G) which can bring in more bandwidth / quality... Anyone else using a similar set up?
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