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post #1 of 7
7/6/07 at 6:05pm
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The XM broadcast has started on XM40 soon to join the Sydney portion on XM41[around 10pm et]......not sure how sirius is doing it.
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post #2 of 7
7/7/07 at 2:11am
Live Earth Concerts on Sirius Satellite Radio
SIRIUS Satellite Radio will broadcast all 8 Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis including live backstage interviews from New York and live commentary of the London concert.

The historic event will take place this Saturday July 7, 2007 over 24 hours and encompass 7 continents, 8 cities, and over 150 music artists including performances from The Police, Bon Jovi, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Metallica, John Mayer, Smashing Pumpkins, Roger Waters, Beastie Boys, Genesis, Kanye West, Duran Duran, Madonna and many others. SIRIUS will also dedicate a channel to broadcasting the best of Live Earth, highlighting the most memorable moments from all 8 concerts.

Staying true to the spirit of the event, SIRIUS will launch Green 119, a four-day broadcast channel starting July 4, dedicated to informing the audience about the realities of the climate crisis with environmental tips and myths, celebrity interviews, political commentary, listener comments and the Live Earth concert calendar.

Other eco-conscious programming on SIRIUS will include the Stop Global Warming Concert recorded on Earth Day 2007. The concert features performances by Sheryl Crow, Carole King and a speech by Laurie David the producer of An Inconvenient Truth.

Live Earth, a project of the SOS Campaign, is designed to motivate people to take action to combat the current climate crisis. The event was organized by Kevin Wall, CEO of Control Room, the company producing the Live Earth concerts globally, and former Vice President Al Gore, chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection. Live Earth kicks off in Sydney, Australia and makes its way around the globe to Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, United Kingdom; Hamburg, Germany; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing in Giant Stadium, New Jersey. Each city will feature local artists.

Channel and programming schedule is as follows:

Location SIRIUS Channel Date and Time

Sydney The Spectrum channel 18 7/6 9 pm ET and
7/7 6 pm ET (rebroadcast)

Tokyo Boombox channel 34 7/6 11 pm ET

Shanghai SIRIUS Disorder channel 32 7/7 6:30 am ET

Hamburg The Spectrum channel 18 7/7 8 am ET and
7/8 2 am ET (rebroadcast)

London Alt Nation channel 21 7/7 8:30 am ET and
7/7 6 pm ET (rebroadcast)

Antarctica Super Shuffle channel 12 7/7 9 am ET

Kyoto The Vault channel 16 7/7 9 am ET

Johannesburg Reggae Rhythms channel 97 7/7 11 am ET

New York SIRIUS Hits 1 channel 1 7/7 2:30 pm and
7/8 12 am ET (rebroadcast)

Rio de Janeiro Boombox channel 34 7/7 2:30 pm ET

Other programming details:

Stop Global Warming Concert from Earth Day 2007 with performances by Sheryl Crow and Carole King on The Spectrum channel 18, July 6 at 8 pm ET and July 14 at 10 am ET.
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post #3 of 7
7/7/07 at 9:12am
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Live Earth Concerts on Sirius Satellite Radio
SIRIUS Satellite Radio will broadcast all 8 Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis including live backstage interviews from New York and live commentary of the London concert.

The historic event will take place this Saturday July 7, 2007 over 24 hours and encompass 7 continents, 8 cities, and over 150 music artists including performances from The Police, Bon Jovi, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Metallica, John Mayer, Smashing Pumpkins, Roger Waters, Beastie Boys, Genesis, Kanye West, Duran Duran, Madonna and many others. SIRIUS will also dedicate a channel to broadcasting the best of Live Earth, highlighting the most memorable moments from all 8 concerts.

Staying true to the spirit of the event, SIRIUS will launch Green 119, a four-day broadcast channel starting July 4, dedicated to informing the audience about the realities of the climate crisis with environmental tips and myths, celebrity interviews, political commentary, listener comments and the Live Earth concert calendar.

Other eco-conscious programming on SIRIUS will include the Stop Global Warming Concert recorded on Earth Day 2007. The concert features performances by Sheryl Crow, Carole King and a speech by Laurie David the producer of An Inconvenient Truth.

Live Earth, a project of the SOS Campaign, is designed to motivate people to take action to combat the current climate crisis. The event was organized by Kevin Wall, CEO of Control Room, the company producing the Live Earth concerts globally, and former Vice President Al Gore, chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection. Live Earth kicks off in Sydney, Australia and makes its way around the globe to Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, United Kingdom; Hamburg, Germany; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing in Giant Stadium, New Jersey. Each city will feature local artists.

Channel and programming schedule is as follows:

Location SIRIUS Channel Date and Time

Sydney The Spectrum channel 18 7/6 9 pm ET and
7/7 6 pm ET (rebroadcast)

Tokyo Boombox channel 34 7/6 11 pm ET

Shanghai SIRIUS Disorder channel 32 7/7 6:30 am ET

Hamburg The Spectrum channel 18 7/7 8 am ET and
7/8 2 am ET (rebroadcast)

London Alt Nation channel 21 7/7 8:30 am ET and
7/7 6 pm ET (rebroadcast)

Antarctica Super Shuffle channel 12 7/7 9 am ET

Kyoto The Vault channel 16 7/7 9 am ET

Johannesburg Reggae Rhythms channel 97 7/7 11 am ET

New York SIRIUS Hits 1 channel 1 7/7 2:30 pm and
7/8 12 am ET (rebroadcast)

Rio de Janeiro Boombox channel 34 7/7 2:30 pm ET

Other programming details:

Stop Global Warming Concert from Earth Day 2007 with performances by Sheryl Crow and Carole King on The Spectrum channel 18, July 6 at 8 pm ET and July 14 at 10 am ET.

XM Radio is broadcasting this live event on channels 40 through 46 it seems. I have been listening on and off to the Live Earth concerts on both XM and Sirius comparing audio quality feeds.

XM Radio sound has more natural sounding audio from the bass up through the midrange but it is lacking all the treble sheen (e.g. - cymbals are somewhat dull and diminished).

Sirius Radio sounds more sparkly and fairly well balanced throughout the frequency range, however it does not sound as natural as XM's audio. It has much more highs audible (you hear all the cymbals and the audience ambience better) but it sounds highly compressed and it has that digital artifact wooshy underwater sound in the highs.

Which sound is better is up to the listener to judge. If XM Radio had more high frequency response audible, then it would win hands down. It sounds dull compared to Sirius. Sirius has all the highs audible but it is marre by the wooshy washy underwater sound which detracts from the otherwise better percieved frequency balance and response.

I was comparing same live broadcasts from XM channels 40, 46 with Sirius broadcasting same live content on their channel 21. Sirius' audio feed was a few seconds delayed and behind XM's audio feed.

That's all she wrote.

All this live concert stuff is also broadcast on Cable TV Bravo channel and other channels which I don't know off-hand throughout the day. The audio quality from my Time Warner Cable TV channels of course is far superior to any compressed satelite radio audio.

Equipmemt used to compare? Siriis Stiletto SL100 direct connected to my Pioneer VSX49Txi Home Theater Receiver.
XM - Samsung Helix/Inno radio direct connected to same receiver.
XM - Polk XRT-12 Reference component tuner connected via digital optical S/PDIF to same receiver.
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post #4 of 7
7/7/07 at 12:32pm
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XM Radio is broadcasting this live event on channels 40 through 46 it seems. I have been listening on and off to the Live Earth concerts on both XM and Sirius comparing audio quality feeds.

XM Radio sound has more natural sounding audio from the bass up through the midrange but it is lacking all the treble sheen (e.g. - cymbals are somewhat dull and diminished).

Sirius Radio sounds more sparkly and fairly well balanced throughout the frequency range, however it does not sound as natural as XM's audio. It has much more highs audible (you hear all the cymbals and the audience ambience better) but it sounds highly compressed and it has that digital artifact wooshy underwater sound in the highs.

Which sound is better is up to the listener to judge. If XM Radio had more high frequency response audible, then it would win hands down. It sounds dull compared to Sirius. Sirius has all the highs audible but it is marre by the wooshy washy underwater sound which detracts from the otherwise better percieved frequency balance and response.

I was comparing same live broadcasts from XM channels 40, 46 with Sirius broadcasting same live content on their channel 21. Sirius' audio feed was a few seconds delayed and behind XM's audio feed.

That's all she wrote.

All this live concert stuff is also broadcast on Cable TV Bravo channel and other channels which I don't know off-hand throughout the day. The audio quality from my Time Warner Cable TV channels of course is far superior to any compressed satelite radio audio.

Equipmemt used to compare? Siriis Stiletto SL100 direct connected to my Pioneer VSX49Txi Home Theater Receiver.
XM - Samsung Helix/Inno radio direct connected to same receiver.
XM - Polk XRT-12 Reference component tuner connected via digital optical S/PDIF to same receiver.


someone needs to find a life
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post #5 of 7
7/7/07 at 2:27pm
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someone needs to find a life

Well each life is different. Depends on what kind of life you want to find! Do you know what the Live Earth message is? Do you like radio and audio technology and devices? I would guess that you do, since you are a member of these forums.
Believe it or not, this stuff is a life for some of us! What's wrong with that? I've done all the other things in life that I wanted to do, so now I settled down on this hobby.

Now to continue... I am noticing that the Sirius radio feeds are all marred by some sort of drop-out or glitch every 30 seconds or so on average on their Live Earth broadcasts. I thought it could be my Sirius signals fading in and out, but after watching the signal strengths during the times of each audio dropout glitch, I don't think it is a signal strength problem. I wonder if Sirius is glitching these audio feeds on purpose so that no one could get a clean recording of the songs. Or else the Stiletto S100 firmware has a buffering glitch in it that makes it hiccup in certain receiving modes as in this Live Earth concerts mode.

Oh, I should mention that XM radio signal and audio is rock solid and does not have these dropout glitches. Sirius seems to add this to some of the content and then it clears up. I suspect to thwart off people recording the concert.

Update added: Oh, I forgot to point out to you all that this is one of the rare times where one could compare XM and Sirius audio feeds broadcasting the same content. At all other times, one could only listen to different cuts at any given time and could not really judge audio quality based on playing the same song or content. Here since they were both broadcasting off of the mixer board output, this is a rare occasion where you could flip back and forth between XM and Sirus (provided you subscribed to both) and do a real time A/B comparison of audio characteristics. So I used a few moments of my life here on earth to do this... I had fun. So what's wrong with that? I have a good life really!
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post #6 of 7
7/7/07 at 8:38pm
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someone needs to find a life

I tell you what I did find though...

I found out with this audio comparison that Sirius sucks sound quality wise (but better overall in content/format wise than XM) . The Sirius audio signal throughout the live earth concert music broadcasts would constantly have a split-second drop-out glitch every so often. It would come at approximately 30 second intervals during popular bands songs. During nonsense talking sessions, there would be none of these audio drop outs nor glitches. I have two Sirius SL100 radios and so I decided to listen to both Sirius radios at the same time on the same channel feeds. Each SL100 on its own separate antenna in different spots to make sure that the signal fading is not the cause.
When I heard a drop out in one Sirius radio, it occurred on the other radio in the same exact spot of the song... so either the crappy Sirius signal to my location is that bad affecting both radios separate antennas located in different spots or I am correct that Sirius was intentionally glitching the audio feed so that people won't be able to record a smooth decent copy of the performances live.

I was also monitoring my XM radios on the same live broadcasts and there was not one single drop-out in the audio feed from XM. The XM audio quality was overall superior to Sirius audio also. Just that XM's audo had no highs (cymbals were way too diminished for example). Sirius had highs but had the swishy, swooshy compressed low bit rate sound to most of their audio.

If Sirius practices this BS, then I am regretting buying their lifetime subscription!
P.S. - I find it odd that the drop outs I was hearing only seemed to occur on this special Live Earth concert broadcast and not on any of the regular channel program material. So it makes me conclude that Sirius engineers totally F*#!lked up the audio feed or they did it on purpose. Why I don't know. I am disappointed from this experience. It very well could be the signal fading in my area, but all day long and only on those live earth channels?
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post #7 of 7
7/23/07 at 10:56pm
I wish XM would replay these concerts, while they were going on I was in the hospital with my wife having our first baby and I missed the whole thing. I did have my Inno with me, after the baby was born and things settled down I tryed to listen in but could only get reception if I stood in the window.

I remember a couple of years ago XM did the Live 8 concerts and the replayed them the whole weekend, and then every weekend in July. That was before I had a XM device that would record but I hooked my SkyFi2 up to my DVD/CD recorder and made some CDs of the concert, I loved the Pink Floyd reunion.

Its been almost 3 weeks ago since the concerts, I guess were not going to get a replay.
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