Blaupunkt America SR04 review (Sirius)

We didn't have another Sirius radio on hand to compare to, but the SR04 may be the best-sounding Sirius radio we've heard--better even than the Kenwood DT-7000S. By that, we mean it was closer to CD sound-quality levels, though it still had a trace of "MP3-ness." We did perform a brief shootout with the Delphi SkyFi2, and we thought the Delphi sounded significantly better. The comparison wasn't easy, since the two satellite services don't share any music channels, but the Blaupunkt's sound was consistently fuzzier than the Delphi's. That said, we generally preferred Sirius's more-adventurous music programming and DJs' chatter, but that's an issue of personal taste.

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