e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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from XMSR RB board:
On the topic of the sound quality of SDARS: I came across the following in the XMSR 10-K:
[XMSR will]Take advantage of digital's higher quality signal. There are several music formats that have strong demand but have been relegated to AM stations with weaker signals due to lack of available FM frequencies. Such AM formats include traditional country music, big band/nostalgia and gospel formats that we will be able to deliver with superior sound quality.

Note what this implies: that the XMSR sound quality will be superior to that of AM radio, but won't be superior to that of FM radio.

This is consistent with the description of Perceptual Audio Coding at 64 kbps: FM radio quality. This is short of CD quality.