SATELLITE RADIO: SIRIUS or XM? Or "DUH!"

[Turkish]

Ok I am confused about this... these are the biggest ones out there, right? And what's the difference between them? Just channels, if yes, which one do you all like more / or would suggest?

Give me some hippin advise on this cause I am gonna get one tonight

 

[thereds]

Get a CD changer.

 

[bunker]

sirius is $2 more a month and has more commercial free channels. That's all I know.

 

[xochi]

I am very happy with XM, but you cant go wrong with either one.

IMHO

 

[TubStain]

Heh if you read the investing thread, you'd know that I believe Sirius is better.

Sirius does not depend on ground repeaters like XM does, since it's got 3 satellites versus XM's 2.
It's got commercial free music channels...if you are paying for it, might as well get commercial free.
It's got NPR....enough said...XM doesnt
ClearChannel is not a shareholder or controller of Sirius....it is of XM.


check out some reviews and comparisons online of the 2 services.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: thereds
Get a CD changer.

Already have a 10-Disc Changer

I think I will go with Sirius, are these things hard to set up in your car?

Thanks

 

[Saulbadguy]

I've got XM and im pretty happy with it. The only thing I dislike about XM is they have *some* commercials, not many..and the freaking DJ's. I hate the DJ's. They are so annoying, especially the 90's on 9 DJ's..you know, Kane, Priestly, and Girl 2.0. Does anyone know what im talking about?

 

[TubStain]

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: thereds
Get a CD changer.

Already have a 10-Disc Changer

I think I will go with Sirius, are these things hard to set up in your car?

Thanks

Nope.. where are you buying it from? What equipment are you going to be using it with? (car cd-receiver or the Kenwood portable solution?)

 

[UNCjigga]

XM is good enough for me...but I was under the impression that the music quality would = standard mp3 quality. Unfortunately, its nowhere NEAR as good. Prolly closer to 64kbps mp3.

 

[xochi]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
I've got XM and im pretty happy with it. The only thing I dislike about XM is they have *some* commercials, not many..and the freaking DJ's. I hate the DJ's. They are so annoying, especially the 90's on 9 DJ's..you know, Kane, Priestly, and Girl 2.0. Does anyone know what im talking about?

yes

With all the stations available, I usually migrate to the 80's, and 90's, Fred, Café and "the joint"


The dance channels are not that great

 

[Anubis]

i have XM and its great listen to Toptrack, squzz, ether. boneyard, deeptrack. all excellent stations. along with the Comedy one. teh quality of the XM signal is better then sirius. its mp3 quality at least 160kbps. teh ground based stuff is no biggie cause XM never goes out unless your underground. and its cheaper

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
XM is good enough for me...but I was under the impression that the music quality would = standard mp3 quality. Unfortunately, its nowhere NEAR as good. Prolly closer to 64kbps mp3.

I'm glad to know that now because I was seriously thinking of getting Sirius or XM too. The quality is noticeably worse than FM? That sucks.

 

[Saulbadguy]

So does anyone despise the 90's on 9 DJ's? Come on!!

 

[Saulbadguy]

Originally posted by: jemcam

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
XM is good enough for me...but I was under the impression that the music quality would = standard mp3 quality. Unfortunately, its nowhere NEAR as good. Prolly closer to 64kbps mp3.

I'm glad to know that now because I was seriously thinking of getting Sirius or XM too. The quality is noticeably worse than FM? That sucks.

The quality is better than FM, but less than CD.

 

[ElFenix]

the techno stations on XM suck. granted, i didn't listen much, but one was clearly better than the other 2, and it still sucked.

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy

Originally posted by: jemcam

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
XM is good enough for me...but I was under the impression that the music quality would = standard mp3 quality. Unfortunately, its nowhere NEAR as good. Prolly closer to 64kbps mp3.

I'm glad to know that now because I was seriously thinking of getting Sirius or XM too. The quality is noticeably worse than FM? That sucks.

The quality is better than FM, but less than CD.

Thanks, I would be pissed if it truly sounded like a 64kbps mp3. I don't download, um, I mean encode any of my own CD's at less than 160kbps because I don't like the way 128 sounds.

 

[UNCjigga]

Yeah, sorry I didn't clarify earlier...but the quality is better than FM. Nowhere near a good MP3 rip though...and a far cry from CD. You will definately hear some compression artifacts. Though I think some of this depends on whatever chipset your XM/Sirius receiver uses...I have a 1st generation receiver so maybe that's my problem right there...

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
Yeah, sorry I didn't clarify earlier...but the quality is better than FM. Nowhere near a good MP3 rip though...and a far cry from CD. You will definately hear some compression artifacts. Though I think some of this depends on whatever chipset your XM/Sirius receiver uses...I have a 1st generation receiver so maybe that's my problem right there...

for me it not that bad. i got XM round xmass last year. and its fine. i dont have a 10K car stero sys but its decent adn i dont notice any artifacts. I have a Pioneer HU and teh pioneer XM stuff. sounds better then some of my older mp3s

 

[RossMAN]

Do XM and Sirius both have units for your car AND home?

Right now I think I'm more inclined to go with Sirius.

 

[rootaxs]

From what i've heard personally (same set-up, only difference is the tuner) - Sirius has a more full-bodied sound. Given it also has 100% commercial-free channels, that extra $2/mo is negligible.

XM is also good.

Either way, i think any one of these two will be a good choice. I'll definitely take them over ClearChannel programming anyday.

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Do XM and Sirius both have units for your car AND home?

Right now I think I'm more inclined to go with Sirius.

yes