"I had been expecting the tell-tales of compressed audio: the faint swish-swish-swish, the shaky background instruments, or kind of a weakness in dynamics that are memorably powerful in music formats with stronger, broader signals. The genre of acoustic rock is a particularly good giveaway because acoustic guitars are always the first to sound off. Try as I might, all I heard was great music."

Sirius has it's own set of home satellite radio units, expect reviews between the two shortly.

Pioneer today unveiled the new AVIC-N2 with XM NavTraffic.

Pioneer's next generation AVIC-N2 multi-function navigation system keep drivers informed of detailed traffic conditions 24 hours a day with XM NavTraffic. Pioneer's system is the first aftermarket in-car navigation system to offer satellite-based traffic information using XM NavTraffic, which displays traffic incidents and road flow conditions on a motorized 6.5-inch touch screen monitor.

The system, unveiled today at the annual SEMA Show devoted to automotive specialty products, graphically communicates traffic incidents by means of traffic icons to quickly identify road events relative to the vehicle's location, keeping drivers in touch with their surroundings at all times. In advance, the system suggests alternate routes around major traffic incidents and heavily congested roads.