garymd Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 My wife already told me what I'm getting for Father's Day but she's leaving it up to me which one it'll be. Either will be great for my commute and both have some pretty snazzy car adaptors. Who here has one or the other? Any thoughts? Comparisons? I've done some research but I'm hoping some of you can help me out since I've never actually subscribed to either. I'd like to use it both in the car and at home. Rebates galore right now so the timing is right. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 If you like talk radio among the offerings, Sirius would have the edge. IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 My truck came with XM in it when I bought it I like very much, has some good Jazz stations, and Sirius has a contract for Howard Stern and I personally can't stand that @ss. Now XM has Opie and Anthony, which is just as bad, but I guess I just am inclined to go and stay with XM. I like the stations and I like that is stays with wherever you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 I have XM myself, and love it! My parents has Sirius and they love it! Personally, I don't think you'd go wrong going either way - much like the DirecTV vs DISH for TV. I don't know how it is now, but generally, it seemed that if you were primarily interested in music, go XM. If you are interested in talk and sports, go Sirius (if I recall, Sirius has NPR). However, those XM traffic/weather channels are handy for the commute. What you can do is try the XM Radio free 3-day trial as well as Sirius's free 3-day trial. Be sure to check out the respective webpages for the two: XM Radio website Sirius Radio website But either way, I love my satellite radio service, and to me, it has been worth every dime that I've paid for the subscription. Just not having to sit through all the banel commercials was worth it right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rplace Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Not sure if it matters to you or not...but only one of the two has NPR. If you want NPR then get that one, Sirius I think...but not sure. If you don't care about NPR. Go with what others have pointed out as important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneleggedbob Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 xm has mlb if your into sports..i love being able to catch the cubs on xm when there not on tv..also i like the music that xm offers..i have one in my car and one in my house..cant get enough of the xm..oh when i first went with satellite raido i bought the sirius and just didnt care for the line up they offered.. my mom talked me into it and come to find out she only listens to talk programs on it that is why she likes it so much... xm is the way to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB Slammin Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 ---------------- On 6/6/2005 5:02:49 PM rplace wrote: Not sure if it matters to you or not...but only one of the two has NPR. If you want NPR then get that one, Sirius I think...but not sure. If you don't care about NPR. Go with what others have pointed out as important. ---------------- ....NPR and AARP ....Same station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royster Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 I have been happy with XM. I enjoy deep tracks, bone yard, 60's, 70's 80's and several others. including fox nes and disney for kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Our Dish network has Sirius and we use it quite a bit. When I bought my HT reciever, the store was giving away Sirius recievers with a minimum purchase. As I had it on cable and I listen mostly to talk radio in the car, we gave it to our chruch for a fund raiser auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipsch sellin master Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Well it all on depends what you listen to. I work at best buy so i hear both all the time. I have xm but only because i got great deal on it. But i really like to listen to npr which sirius has. Since they are both about the same monthly now it is a hard decision. But again it's all on what you listen too. Talk go with the sirius, but if you like rock or something either would be a good choice. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Sirius has Laura Ingraham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay L Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 i had xm for almost a year. i didn't use it often becuase the compression of the music varied greatly and annoyed me too much. but xm did have some GREAT music selection and variety. if they ever turn up the sound quality i would renew my subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Sirius has a much higher bandwidth which means it's going to sound better. That was the biggest reason that I went with it. Other pluses include that they have actual people choose the music and they take requests etc. Whereas XM is just a lame computer that chooses the same songs over and over. Having used both extensivly I found that I like my sirius much better. The thing that really really killed me about xm is some of the music stations do have comercials on them and I have never come across that on sirius. Both do advertise on their "talk radio", but not on the music stations, only xm does that as far as I can tell. Lastly there was a time when XM did have comercials on their waves and to me it seems that some day down the road they might go back to that. Anyways, best of luck! George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 which one's gonna stay in business ..???.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Sirius has a lifetime subscription available until June 30, 2005, it costs $ 499.99, but no bill ever again. Also, as a side benefit, you can also stream off the net if you have a subscription, for free. This might be nice for people that sit at a cubicle in front of a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Do either have good ambient channels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 m00n: what do you mean by "ambient"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Oh jeeze... Not sure exactly how to explain it. I can show you a stream I listen to all the time at work. It's soft, sometimes it's mellow electoric, drum beats some times... Hard to pin point it. Radio Ambient. Great coding music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooting_monkey Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I'd say go with Sirrus just because of the extra bandwidth. They could use it to further increase the bitrates of their music, or add channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 Thanks for all the replies! Which has better jazz stations???? I'm talking 50s/60s hard bop. Coltrane type of stuff. That'll be the ultimate decision-maker for me. I'm assuming they both have classic rock and classical out the wazoo. Leaning toward sirius right now. Also, any recommendations on a receiver would be helpful. Something easy to bring in from the car and hook up to my tubes. I'm thinking cassette adaptor instead of a permanent mod to my car receiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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