so to give a update- I am a big sports fan and between my Shuberth full face helmet and Boarzilla pipes I could never listen to a game before because though even before I changed the head unit I could hear the music, I couldn't distinguish the words enough to follow a game so I would use ear buds if I wanted to listen to a game (which I hated riding with them in my ears but didn't have a choice). While riding yesterday on a long stretch on the freeway I was flipping thru the XM channels when I came on the NCAA games. I could distinguish every word (had my cruise set at 80) and listened (probably the cars next to me also did..) and enjoyed a great basketball game. I was very stoked going down the road being able to do this. Once again I wished I would have done this a long time ago. In the big picture with all the mods I have done to my bike, this really wasn't that much money (everything is relative..) considering how much I am enjoying it.