16 Responses for "XM Versus Sirius"

1. James Mitchell

   September 30th, 2005 at 10:32 am

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   I personally do not own either of the two or subscribe to their services. However I have had the pleasure of playing with it. It is quite a nice tool. From my understanding if you purchase only a few CD’s a month (roughly the cost of the service), you will benefit. It is very useful and will allow you to listen to practically any station (music, talk, or the like) from anywhere.

   If I had extra cash floating around I would at least give it a full try.

2. Steve Mitchell

   September 30th, 2005 at 11:10 am

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   I have the XM service and a Delphi MyFi receiver. I was first exposed to XM when I rented a car in Las Vegas and had a 6 hour drive home. It was fantastic because I had 150 channels to choose from, no commericals (almost) and could listen to whatever station I wanted no matter where I was between Nevada and California.

   I happen to like the XM service because they carry all the MLB games. It’s difficult being a Dodger from who’s not in the LA area because the Dodger mostly broadcast their games in their local market and you rarely get access to them on TV.

   XM has multiple channels for most music you can imagine, pop, rap, country, jazz, etc. Oddly, they don’t have much (any?) classical. They also have news and various type of talk radio. My favorite is the (uncensored) comedy channel.

   You can go to XM’s web site and sign up for free trial access to most of the same programming you can get on the radio.

   This is a sattelite signal, so you’re not just going to get reception any place you want. The funny thing about these high frequency signals is that reception can be inconsistent from location to location. In my office at work I can get a signal no problem, but in my house I have to set up the antenna just right to receive.

   Also, keep in mind that the signal is highly compressed–so the sound is not CD quality. They seem to vary the quality such that news/talk radio is lower quality than music. In general, the music quality isn’t any worse than your local FM station. But it’s not some earth shattering digital quality you might expect from a digital service.

   Personally, I hate the crap they play on commerical FM radio–there never seems to be a channel that has what I want to hear–and it seems like they play commercials 50% of the time. The “morning show” crap they have every morning is the last thing I want to hear during my 40min drive to work. So XM is a great addition to CDs.

3. Punisher2K

   September 30th, 2005 at 1:27 pm

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   As stated on Digg where you got the story in the first place, this information is out of date. XM has 5 million+ and just signed a deal with DirectTV

4. Jeremy Walker

   October 13th, 2005 at 1:45 pm

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   Well, as far as comparing the two services, it’s going to be difficult at best.

   Yes, people can say all the good/bad/ugly of each for the US subscribers, but the fact is, since the CRTC has done so much bickering and setting broadcasting rules.

   For now, there isn’t enough information to be comparing XM and Sirius radio services, because there isn’t a publicly published feature list (channels mainly) for Canada.

   The Source will be shipping Dec. 1st, 2005 so probably around middle of November we’ll start seeing more information and advertisements will abound.

5. Doug

   October 14th, 2005 at 10:43 pm

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   I have sirius and I live in a small village in upstate N.y. I have the sportster model. The diversity of stations is amazing. The sound is great when paired with a good stereo system. I simply put the small antennae module ouside on the window ledge, and I had great reception. The boom box accessory is great for a picinic , on the boat or anywhere. I have friends who have xm and we both agree that sirius is serious.
   By the way the sound is as good as the system you’re running it through, and yes the files are compressed, but it’s the best.
   Doug

6. Doug

   October 14th, 2005 at 10:43 pm

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   I have sirius and I live in a small village in upstate N.y. I have the sportster model. The diversity of stations is amazing. The sound is great when paired with a good stereo system. I simply put the small antennae module ouside on the window ledge, and I had great reception. The boom box accessory is great for a picinic , on the boat or anywhere. I have friends who have xm and we both agree that sirius is serious.
   By the way the sound is as good as the system you’re running it through, and yes the files are compressed, but it’s the best.
   Doug

7. berford

   October 20th, 2005 at 11:17 am

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   I have XM (avoiding Howard Stern and NPR). So far so good. I like listening to ’40’s, ’50’s and ’60’s hits. I also get into their Classic Rock, Laugh USA and Old Time Clasic Radio serials, etc.

   I DO like Sirius’ one price/lifetime subcription service offer, but I bought a car with XM and there’s that whole HS/NPR thing.

   You probably can’t go wrong with either, though. Good luck.

8. Justin

   November 4th, 2005 at 12:08 am

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   I have Sirius and i LOVE it. The have a better variety of music. In regardsto howard stern, i think its great that there hes coming onboard sirus exclusively. We live in a country that is proud to promote free speech, how could you not choose a service that didn’t encourage that??! :)

   berford “I have XM (avoiding Howard Stern and NPR). “, your a nerd.

9. ckayak

   November 6th, 2005 at 8:51 pm

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   I live in a rural area in northwestern Montana. For Christmas I would like to give my boyfriend & have in our house a satelite radio. I am unable to get a a clear channel. I happen to love NPR, so am more interested in Sirius. My boyfriend is convinced that XM will be around longer & is the way to go. Anyone know anything about XM’s claim to have talk NPR & what it includes?

10. Mark

    November 10th, 2005 at 12:45 pm

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    I live in Ft Smith Arkansas and I picked Sirius in July 2005. Our FM stations stink and CD’s are just too expensive to buy anymore. So satellite is the only way to go. I started to get XM, but XM is really lacking in the rock department. No hair metal or heavy metal channels. And I’ve got to have my metal presented to me grunge free! Hair Nation has my radio is pumping with Skid Row, Ratt, Guns n Roses, Def Leppard , Poison, Motley Crue, Van Halen, W.A.S.P., and so on… all day long now! And I couldn’t be happier!

11. Mark

    November 10th, 2005 at 12:46 pm

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    I live in Ft Smith Arkansas and I picked up Sirius in July 2005. Our FM stations stink and CD’s are just too expensive to buy anymore. So satellite is the only way to go. I started to get XM, but XM is really lacking in the rock department. No hair metal or heavy metal channels. And I’ve got to have my metal presented to me grunge free! Hair Nation has my radio pumping with Skid Row, Ratt, Guns n Roses, Def Leppard , Poison, Motley Crue, Van Halen, W.A.S.P., and so on… all day long now! And I couldn’t be happier!

12. Admiral Ackbar

    December 19th, 2005 at 4:38 pm

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    “berford “I have XM (avoiding Howard Stern and NPR). “, your a nerd.”

    Well, being a nerd, I’m sure he would at least know proper usage of your/you’re. Also, simply because we have the freedom to say something does not mean it is necessarily something worth saying.

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