View Full Version : XM or Sirius?
How many of you listen to one or both? Do you have it hooked up in your car or at home? Why do you like one over the other?
Just curious because the car I'm thinking about buying comes with XM (which I used to have about 3 years ago) but I've always heard Sirius is better.
Thoughts?
necigrad
05-14-2007, 12:17 PM
I don't have satellite right now, but I've been thinking about it. In fact, I'd likely have it already were it not for one thing: The potential merger. Anything can happen with a merger, and I'll be damned if I buy a piece of equipment that might be useless. Merger aside, I was leaning towards XM.
Dangerdoll
05-14-2007, 1:09 PM
I've had Sirius for a year or so and am pretty happy with it.
J double R
05-14-2007, 1:13 PM
im gonna go with mp3 all the way cuz i can choose what i want to listen to, there are no subscriptions, and i dont hafta spend $$$$ modding my car for it. ;)
Aislinn
05-14-2007, 1:56 PM
im gonna go with mp3 all the way cuz i can choose what i want to listen to, there are no subscriptions, and i dont hafta spend $$$$ modding my car for it. ;)
Exactly. I did get an adapter for my car, though - it has a radio tuner built in, so I can play the iPod through the car speakers and charge it at the same time. Now I'm so lazy that playing an actual CD seems like work.
Mgamer20o0
05-14-2007, 2:47 PM
XM i like it. more so when traveling. considering they might be the same company soon..... this might not mater for long.
daayda3
05-14-2007, 3:09 PM
i listen to a channel that has 50's and 60's music.. not sure though
dorkfish
05-14-2007, 3:17 PM
Mp3... I've got a year before I'm old enough to legally drive a car.
severum mama
05-14-2007, 3:51 PM
If you like jam bands (Phish, the Dead, etc.) and you like a lot of jazz, as I do, then there is no contest. Sirius has a jam band station, XM simply does not. The jazz stations on Sirius are better as well, and there are more of them. The rock stations on Sirius are really good, too, and I don't know how they are on XM as I am not an XM subscriber. If you listen to top 40 or alternative or something, then it probably won't make much difference, as both companies have these stations. I have Sirius in my car (the Direct Connect one that plugs into and is controlled by the head unit, as opposed to the plug and play ones that use an internal FM transmitter) and I listen to it pretty often. I also have an iPod 60GB, and a head unit with an auxiliary input. This was vital to me, as all the FM transmitters for mp3 players sounded absolutely horrible to me (and I tried about 5-6 different brands).
I've been a Sirius subscriber for a couple of years now and I've been happy with the programming. There are really only a few stations that I listen to regularly, and to me the good music, as well as the absence of commercials, is well worth the monthly fee. All I had to do was look at the list of stations for each company, and the decision was pretty easy for me.
I don't know if XM also offers the free trial, but with Sirius you can sign up for a free 3-day trial that lets you listen online. Maybe that would help you choose.
Mgamer20o0
05-14-2007, 4:26 PM
if you know where to look xm offers 3 month trials.
Rbishop
05-14-2007, 4:28 PM
I don't drive that much to need it.
Mgamer20o0
05-14-2007, 5:17 PM
well its not always just where you drive.
Mgamer20o0
05-14-2007, 5:20 PM
also one thing i hate about XM i am sure its the same with sirius. i wouldnt mind paying 13 bux a month for all my cars but just one of them its a little crazy. i signed up for a year of xm for $77. anything over that wasnt worth it for me. anyone can get xm for $77 just tell them your not going to sign up unless they give it to you for that price. they tried to charge me 15 connection fee i told them never mind i dont want it and they waived it also.
The car I'm planning on getting comes with a 3-month trial of XM (no modding, it's factory installed). So of course I'm going to be using it for those 3 months but just didn't know if Sirius was better or not. $77 for the year? That's decent as that's less than $7/mo. where as I used to pay about $10/mo. three years ago. How did you get it for $77- is that a number they provide?
Does anyone know how much the Sirius is for a year?
Mgamer20o0
05-15-2007, 2:21 AM
they both are what $13 a month. my car came with 3 months free also. the $77 is a promo rate they give you to try to get you back. i just said my friend got it for $77 a year. i would sign up again if they gave it to me for that price. i had to tell them 3 or 4 times thats ok if you wont do it i just wont sign up. as with anything if your having a problem with one person call up and getter someone different.
Just found this with the most recent post from 3 days ago. If I like it enough 3 months from now I think I'm going to try it.
http://digg.com/tech_deals/XM_Radio_promotion_code_$77_for_1_year
legendaryfrog
05-15-2007, 4:08 PM
I use sirius, because I am a long time listener of Howard Stern.
fish_freak
05-16-2007, 2:56 PM
Sirrius has all the best programing on it.
dizzykylie
05-17-2007, 9:49 AM
I don't know how I survived my whole life w/o Sirius satellite radio. I love the darn thing and cannot stand listening to terrestrial radio. I bought it b/c I am a huge Stern fan but have found that there is so much else to listen to on the radio. I love Alternative Nation and Hair Nation.
I have listened to XM in the past, but for some reason the programming did not appeal to me. Yes, I do believe that the DJ's talk less on XM than Sirius, but it seems impersonal to me. Plus on the 80's station you get old time MTV Vee-Jays like Alan Hunter as DJ's.
Mgamer20o0
05-17-2007, 3:09 PM
I have listened to XM in the past, but for some reason the programming did not appeal to me. Yes, I do believe that the DJ's talk less on XM than Sirius, but it seems impersonal to me. Plus on the 80's station you get old time MTV Vee-Jays like Alan Hunter as DJ's.
lol i pay for the music on to hear someone talk all day. if i want to hear people talk all day i would just turn the radio on. lol