Is there a Tuner that will do FM, HD Radio and Sirius-XM all in one ...

[joeinid]

I have decided to get the MR88. I am very excited to get it. I should know by next week what's going on.

Thanks Dan!

[jdandy]

Joe.......With all the great FM and HD signals in your area the MR88 will truly shine.

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Joe.......With all the great FM and HD signals in your area the MR88 will truly shine.

[streetspirit]

I love mine! The HD channels sound amazing.

[jdandy]

Now that I installed the Magnum Dynalab MD-205 Signal Sleuth and the ST-2 antenna, my MR88 is tuning 5 HD stations. I am going digital out from the MR88 to the DACs in the MCD1100, and the HD stations sound fantastic, actually CD quality. I am impressed.

[rcspkramp]

Originally Posted by joeinid

I have decided to get the MR88. I am very excited to get it. I should know by next week what's going on.

Thanks Dan!

I spent some time with it, you'll love it.

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by rcspkramp

I spent some time with it, you'll love it.

Thanks rcspkramp!

I had to put it off a little while. Once I get new speakers, the MR88 is on my list

[mgard]

Hi Joe,

I know you are sold on the MR88 but I just wanted to say I am very pleased with mine too. I run my MR88 digital out into my Bryston DAC and of course the sound is very nice. It also as you know, is very sweet looking. You don't want to add just any old tuner that would detract from your Burmester's.

~Mike

[jfray]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Now that I installed the Magnum Dynalab MD-205 Signal Sleuth and the ST-2 antenna, my MR88 is tuning 5 HD stations. I am going digital out from the MR88 to the DACs in the MCD1100, and the HD stations sound fantastic, actually CD quality. I am impressed.

Dan,

I am looking into a good tuner (Maybe MR88).... Do you feel the XM radio gives CD quality also?

[jdandy]

Originally Posted by jfray

Dan,

I am looking into a good tuner (Maybe MR88).... Do you feel the XM radio gives CD quality also?

Josh.......Not all XM channels are equal. When I subscribed to XM I noticed that some channels sounded far better that others, and I began researching to see why. As it turns out XM uses different types of compression schemes on different channels. I don't know the reasons why they do that, so I can't help you with that. I originally subscribed for three years, then canceled my subscription. I came to the conclusion that I wasn't listening to XM broadcasts often enough to make the price of subscribing worth my use. I still have my antenna on the side of the eave on my roof, so I can always subscribe again if I want. I am actually enjoying the terrestrial signals, both FM and FMHD, and best of all there is no fee for those signals.

As far as XM sounding as good as CD's, no not really. The signals sound very good, especially if you are tuning one that isn't compressed to hell and back, but CD's sound better.