Local radio stations.

[Buoy]

It's interesting, and I guess I've never noticed it before, but assumed it.
Living outside of Detroit, I listened to Detroit radio.
You heard a lot of Kid Rock, Ted Nugent...
Many other cities I've lived in have never heard the Nuge do "Fred Bear", or maybe even "great white Buffalo"(My favorite Nuge guitar riff.

Now, living in the desert for two weeks, I found a radio station that is hard rock.
Two songs I forgot existed I've heard several times now:
Scorpions - something about "Arizona really knocked me out"....
Bullet Boys - "When will it rain"?

I forgot these two songs were ever written.

If I flip through the channels, I'll probably hear "By the time I get to Phoenix":biggrinjester:
I might like it better if it was recorded by Gordon Lightfoot instead of Glenn Campbell.
Maybe it's the Canadian thing.:sifone:

 

[Bobcat]

xm

 

[Buoy]

xm

Ah...
I bought the first two Rush records on CD a few weeks ago (for the third time), and they've been keeping me busy.

 

[Bobcat]

too drunk too post, see you tomorrow.

 

[ChiefApache]

too drunk too post, see you tomorrow.

I love when he posts like this......:rofl::biggrinjester:

 

[Chris]

Even the XM is getting tedious. Their realignment with Sirius has gotten them into some pretty narrow chanels. And their classic stuff? They act like they have 100 albums. I hear the same song 3 times a day when I'm travelling. If I had a 1000-disc CD player, I could do a better job programing by simply touching the "shuffle play" button.

 

[clayinaustin]

xm

+1

I haven't listened to FM in years! :ack2:

 

[cigdaze]

It's interesting, and I guess I've never noticed it before, but assumed it.
Living outside of Detroit, I listened to Detroit radio.
You heard a lot of Kid Rock, Ted Nugent...
Many other cities I've lived in have never heard the Nuge do "Fred Bear", or maybe even "great white Buffalo"(My favorite Nuge guitar riff.

Now, living in the desert for two weeks, I found a radio station that is hard rock.
Two songs I forgot existed I've heard several times now:
Scorpions - something about "Arizona really knocked me out"....
Bullet Boys - "When will it rain"?

I forgot these two songs were ever written.

If I flip through the channels, I'll probably hear "By the time I get to Phoenix":biggrinjester:
I might like it better if it was recorded by Gordon Lightfoot instead of Glenn Campbell.
Maybe it's the Canadian thing.:sifone:

It is weird, isn't it?

Even from Tampa to Orlando, there are two classic rock stations I listen to, each in its respective city, both owned by COX, but they each play a totally different line-up of tunes. I hate FM, though, I don't care where you live, or what station you listen to, I guarantee you that you'll be force-fed the same few dozen songs every 2 to 3 hours. It blows!

 

[cigdaze]

Even the XM is getting tedious. Their realignment with Sirius has gotten them into some pretty narrow chanels. And their classic stuff? They act like they have 100 albums. I hear the same song 3 times a day when I'm travelling. If I had a 1000-disc CD player, I could do a better job programing by simply touching the "shuffle play" button.

IPOD.

That's my answer to the FM and XM/Serius woes. I have my entire library (and thensome) on there. I'll never run out of music, nor here the same song twice in the same month if on shuffle; somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 songs, all labeled, named and cataloged...gotta love it. I'll never change a CD or a station again.

 

[Knot 4 Me]

On my way out to Richmond, VA last May for the NASCRAP race, I heard the best FM station for Rock that I have heard in decades out of Charleston, WV. Great music and great DJ's. For the most part I listen to XM and I agree with Chris, they repeat way too many songs for my liking.

 

[Sea-Dated]

We have XM but they are getting repetitive as well. My wife usually listens to the 80's station and it seems like everytime I get in her car it is one of the same 6 or so songs playing.

 

[fund razor]

We have XM but they are getting repetitive as well. My wife usually listens to the 80's station and it seems like everytime I get in her car it is one of the same 6 or so songs playing.

I have noticed the same thing as you and Chris with my XM.

 

[Perlmudder]

ipod.

That's my answer to the fm and xm/serius woes. I have my entire library (and thensome) on there. I'll never run out of music, nor here the same song twice in the same month if on shuffle; somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 songs, all labeled, named and cataloged...gotta love it. I'll never change a cd or a station again.

exactly!

 

[Chris]

IPOD.

That's my answer to the FM and XM/Serius woes. I have my entire library (and thensome) on there. I'll never run out of music, nor here the same song twice in the same month if on shuffle; somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 songs, all labeled, named and cataloged...gotta love it. I'll never change a CD or a station again.

If only the Ipod had the sound quality. You would think that someone would come up with a mobile system with a couple TB hard drives that you could burn CD's directly into. Nice little touch-screen on the dash...

 

[Chris]

I have noticed the same thing as you and Chris with my XM.

The other one that makes me nuts is the sponsors on the talk/new stations. I like to listen to some of the commentary, but every 5 minutes during the day, you get bombarded with commercials. The commercials thing I can understand, but unlike in the evening where you have legit advertisers, Fox only has the bottom-dwellers during the day.

But, the upside is now I have multiple sources for penis enlargement, phony business credit, people helping settle my tax delinquencies for pennies on the dollar, people getting me out of my credit card debt and online teleconferencing. And if things don't work out, I know of at least 6 different trucking companies that are hiring right now.

 

[fund razor]

If only the Ipod had the sound quality. You would think that someone would come up with a mobile system with a couple TB hard drives that you could burn CD's directly into. Nice little touch-screen on the dash...

Agreed there too. Even xm is "lossy" compared to CDs. But many mp3s were encoded using a rate that is horrible. You get pre-echo and you are missing so much of the detail. I have two systems that I can't listen to mp3s and xm on.... because the resolution is so high you can hear the compression artifacts and you can "hear" the missing freqs. Plus.... there is zero soundstage.
Now... for on the boat... they are fine. So much other noise that it doesn't really matter... and doesn't skip.

I have been listening to XM in my Malibu for about 18 months. I recently popped a good CD in the deck and it was a reminder of how comparatively bad xm is.

 

[Perlmudder]

Now... for on the boat... they are fine. So much other noise that it doesn't really matter... and doesn't skip.

that's the best part i think! the fact you don't have to carry a cd book is so nice!

 

[jmeng]

I loved Sirius for the first year or so that I had it. Got tired of hearing the same stuff over and over and didn't renew the subscription. IPOD is the way to go for me...

 

[Bobcat]

no matter what fm station you have down here it is the same ads, it wears on you, with xm I can listen to 5-6 different stations( rock , hard rock, country) I can listen to almost anything, but please god make the geico "that could be the money you're saving " commercials go away

 

[cigdaze]

If only the Ipod had the sound quality. You would think that someone would come up with a mobile system with a couple TB hard drives that you could burn CD's directly into. Nice little touch-screen on the dash...

I'm no 'audiophile,' and my equipment is middle of the road at best, so frankly I can tell little difference. For the more discerning user, yes there is admittedly some loss, but for everyday listening at home, in the truck, or the boat, I honestly see little difference. All my songs are 256 Kbit/sec or better and the loss is hardly noticeable.