<font color='#0000FF'>Stan, If you do consider the XM, depending on your needs and area, you might consider a model that has the removable head and goes from vehicle to house. You have to pay the $10/month for the satellite link so you might as well have it everywhere.
When at home in the cradle it is playing thru your quality audio system and in the car you have a couple of chioces.
Whats great about it is you can dial up a station that is exactly what you like and keep it throughout the entire lower 48. This is the radio of the future because like you point out,
the stations that come in best over the FM are trash to my ears and filled with adds and ignoramus talk!
You will have 100 channels to choose from but only ten or twelve appeal to me and I suspect you will find it similar.
You will have channels dedicated to 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, Blues, Oldies, News, Talk, Comedy etc.
I am beginning to sound like an XM salesman, OK XM, a few free months could be appreciated!
Your purchase of the MX 830 will serve you well. Although not the powerhouse "Flagship" it is every bit a yamaha amp and fully capeable of producing the necessary clean power you lust for.
For those of us who fit the "Tim Allen" prototype of more power, only the MX-1 or MX-1000 will do.
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