What type of equipment do you use to listen to XM at home? Are the boomboxes woth buying? My setup at home is a 1974 Pioneer SX63 Receiver-(I basically unplugged my FM antenna since radion in San Antonio, Tx is unlistenable and not worth swithcing back from XM to FM), 2 Realistic 10 band EQs, a pair of EPI A300s from 81, and some Realistic Optimus 50s from the 80s which takes care of the lows. I have the Roady XT, which is a nice unit and easy to transport form car to home. My fav stations to listen to at home are 60s and 70s, US Country, Watercolors, and Classics. Anybody have any interesting/unique setups? BTW: I found the best storage case for the RoadyXT tuner. Go to Wal-mart to the carmera area and look for Targus USB carying case. It was only about a dollar and the tuner fits in there like a glove.
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I also have the 'boombox' (technically known as the 'SKYFi Audio System By Delphi'). I love it. I get booming sound from it, and I never touch it. I haven't laid a hand on it since I put it in its place a few days after Christmas. I use my remote control to operate everything on it - even from a room away !THE MAJOR
I, too, have the Roady 2 home kit. I also have the Roady 2 personal audio kit, which doesn't work particularly well in my house since I live at least an hour away from the nearest repeater. However, it works very well at my parents' house, which gets four bars from the terrestrial repeater even indoors. It's also great when I take my three mile walks!
Sony LBT-V102 (looks to be early 90's) 60 watts hifi stereo, Belkin FM transmitter (better sound transfer, plus the ability to play on more frequencies...the Airwave is limited to 88.1-88.7 & 106.5-107.9), Pioneer Airwave.the great thing about the FM transmitter is the Belkin goes slightly further then the built-in one, plus sounds better.
I highly recommend the MyFi. I use mine all the time at home and I like the fact that I can also take it with me where ever I go. What I like to do is to leave it recording on a channel that I like. Then later I can take it with me and listen to what I've recorded. It's awesome!
I've got my roady xt with the home kit, I put my antenna outside on top of my a/c unit(fortunately the outside wall to my room faces south) the modulator easily covers my house and can be heard out in the garage too. We have no repeaters in this area, but I'm able to get a great signal from the birds despte all the trees around the house
You know, it's funny. I have my home antenna along the north wall of my house just underneath the window sill. Works fine. However, if I have the personal audio kit on a walk, the second I get under the porch, it goes away! I can't consistently get any signal on that personal audio kit in the house.The-Major said:
I have a Yamaha HTR-5960 surround sound receiver that I recently purchased. It is XM-ready and has Neural Surround for XMHD. Before I bought this receiver, I ran a cable from my computer's sound card to an extra input on my old receiver. That way I could listen to XM online through my stereo system.
I listen several ways...XM Online via FM Modulator hooked to my computer feeds the entire house.XM Roady2 with homemade "Home Kit": One cheap AC adapter from Big Lots and a 1/8" stereo to RCA adapter.I've also "MacGyver-ed" an old ($6 at Goodwill) Sony cassette boombox to provide power to the Roady2 (velcro-ed to the front) for a budget portable. Audio comes via built in FM modulator. Great for the beach.
I use the XM Roady 2 home kit with its antenna. I don't have an internal windowsill, so it sits outside and I get an OK signal. Now I use the FM modulator and yes, it is weak as anything. I have a Heath Robinson modification to it that helps boost range. I have a thin piece of wire (as found inside a telephone cable) with the conductor wrapped around the outside the satellite antenna. Yes, it breaks Part 15 rules but it means the Roady signal now goes a little bit further - like now to the end of the garden (100 metre radius from the receiver). It works enough for me!Mark.
I've also "MacGyver0-ed" several boomboxes to accomadate XM as well as my MP3 player using the cassette adaptor. This is great for those boomboxes whose cd players clunked out. I usually remove or cut a hole on the CD player lid and run the wires either inside or tape it outside the boombox. The problem is that it's not truly portable, but that won't be the case if you use XM to go. Oh I also have a Sanyo boombox from 1986 w/ RCA inputs in the back. I simply took a label and wrote "iPOd/XM compatible" leaving some of my co-workers slightly confused. haha ???Obtuse1 said:
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