I had to get rid of my beloved A4 convertible a few weeks ago. The top was starting to fall apart, as convertible tops do: fraying cloth, the rear window had lost its adhesive (the dealer refused to touch it and the body shop they sent me to refused to guarantee their proposed fix). So, new car it was...

The new car (sadly, not a convertible : $$) came with XM/Sirius, which I thought would be nice, I've never had a car with it. And it was great up until I turned it on and got to hear the atrocious sound quality. They're over-compressing the music so that all high end sounds have this ridiculous swishing/phasing effect. It makes many songs completely unlistenable. So, I researched, and from what I can gather, they're compressing down to something like 32-64kbps for each stream. That's horrid.

But, XM/Sirius sounds just fine in my wife's car. And it always has. This, I do not understand.