Ever since I wrote up the initial Pioneer Inno review where I talked about how superior the Inno's antenna is to the previous XM2go antenna, people have always wanted to see actual proof of this. Well, here you go.

Below are photos from both the Pioneer Inno and Pioneer AirWare - both in diagnostic mode - so you can see actual numbers of how the Inno performs in various conditions.

One thing to point out that's not evident from these shots is how quickly the Inno registers signal strength. When compared against the 1G XM2go, this refresh rate is much faster, with every slight movement quickly showing what your signal is.

A quick note about what these values are. The numbers to pay attention to are the BER % and the SAT C/N. BER stands for Bit Error Rate - the lower the number, the better the signal. SAT C/N stands for Carrier/Noise - essentially a signal-to-noise ratio - above 7 is good. 

This first shot is from INSIDE my office building in New York City. I only get terrestrial signal here, and a weak one at that. With the Inno, I can actually listen indoors to a degree, where the AirWare simply wouldn't pick up anything long enough to make listening bearable.

I know it's blurry, so here's what they read:

Inno
Terrestrial BER % - 1.5
SAT 1 C/N - 3.0
SAT 2 C/N - 3.0

AirWare
Terrestrial BER % - 6.4
SAT 1 C/N - 2.75
SAT 2 C/N - 3.0

Not only do I work in NYC, but I live in the middle of woods in Connecticut, a perfect test spot to show satellite signal (with no terrestrial repeaters anywhere). Check out the full North/South/East/West comparison after the jump...