From: "Randy H" 

Dunno-maybe a better sounding codec or better encoding.

Unfortunately, XM got bitch-slapped by the insurance comapnies over
Boeing's design defect and is in scramble mode to get XM-3 up this year and
to buy a spare in case aything else happens to Rock (XM-1) and Roll (XM-2):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A31533-2003Aug7


"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 23:08:23 -0600, "Randy H"

> wrote:
>
> >I'm a charter subscriber of XM. It's great=especially on long-haul
drives.
> >Sound quality is better than Sirius.
>
>    How does XM do this?  Higher bit rate?
>
>   Thanks,
>

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