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marka View Member Profile	Jan 10 2007, 02:49 PM Post #2
Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,936 Joined: 26-September 05 From: Youngstown, OH Member No.: 896	Howdy, We have Sirius and have been pretty happy with it overall. We tried the FM transmitter for a while and it was _useless_ for us on our longer (60 miles each way) commutes since you'd drive into and out of coverage zones. Figure out a way to get it hardwired to your stereo. Haven't tried XM. If Stern had already been on Sirius when we started with it, we'd have likely gone to XM just to avoid supporting anything he does. Mark

BigEnos View Member Profile	Jan 10 2007, 03:10 PM Post #3
Collo Rosso Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,220 Joined: 3-August 05 From: San Antonio, TX Member No.: 839	QUOTE (marka @ Jan 10 2007, 09:49 AM) Howdy, We have Sirius and have been pretty happy with it overall. We tried the FM transmitter for a while and it was _useless_ for us on our longer (60 miles each way) commutes since you'd drive into and out of coverage zones. Figure out a way to get it hardwired to your stereo. Haven't tried XM. If Stern had already been on Sirius when we started with it, we'd have likely gone to XM just to avoid supporting anything he does. Mark I have an XM Pioneer AireWare and overall it's a good unit. In the truck I have it hooked through a Scosche FM Modulator that plugs between the radio and the external FM antenna. There is an on-off switch that's mounted on the console to disable the modulator when you want to listen to AM/FM and it will definitely drown out anything that is on the air when the switch is on. The sound quality leaves a lot to be desired. I've been contemplating returning to use the tape adapter because of this. In the other car the Alpine head unit has an AUX input capability and the sound quality is much much better.

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Rob Hood XM vs Sirius Jan 10 2007, 01:28 AM

BumpaD_Z28 Tastes GREAT !!! I've always bee... Jan 10 2007, 01:55 AM

CJ-TA it comes down to what stations you like to listen ... Jan 10 2007, 01:58 AM

slowTA It sounds like you have both so you're stuck m... Jan 10 2007, 02:09 AM

Rob Hood That's interesting about the FM transmitter fo... Jan 10 2007, 02:35 AM

CMC #37 I've had XM since getting th 2004 Duramax new.... Jan 10 2007, 02:59 AM

slowTA FYI, as of January 1st Nascar is now on Sirius cha... Jan 10 2007, 03:22 AM

Rob Hood My Sirius is factory-installed in the VW with an e... Jan 10 2007, 04:42 AM

CamaroFS34 I first experienced XM in a rental car I grabbed a... Jan 10 2007, 01:52 PM

marka Howdy, We have Sirius and have been pretty happy ... Jan 10 2007, 02:49 PM

BigEnos QUOTE (marka @ Jan 10 2007, 09:49 AM) How... Jan 10 2007, 03:10 PM

00 Trans Ram I've had XM for about 4 years now. When they c... Jan 10 2007, 05:33 PM

slowTA The only times my Sirius drops the signal is under... Jan 10 2007, 09:25 PM

rushman Sirius user here. No real issues with reception e... Jan 10 2007, 10:40 PM

pknowles My wife has XM. I bought her XM because at the ti... Jan 10 2007, 10:58 PM

wvumike I just got the Sirius Stiletto for Christmas and I... Jan 11 2007, 01:35 AM

CJ-TA speaking of playboy.. I don't get that... it... Jan 11 2007, 01:53 AM

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35th_Anniversary_AS_Camaro_SS I had XM, got tired of truck driving commercials..... Jan 11 2007, 02:34 AM

LT4Firehawk I've had both XM and Sirius, and I much prefer... Jan 12 2007, 02:18 AM

Rob Hood Well, I went ahead and bought a new XM receiver - ... Jan 12 2007, 11:01 PM

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Rob Hood View Member Profile	Jan 10 2007, 01:28 AM Post #1
Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 16-January 04 From: Chandler AZ Member No.: 130	OK, I'm up for renewal on my XM subscription, and I've got free Sirius in my VW Jetta for a few more days. Since sampling the Sirius for the last couple of months, I do like their music selection (classic rock and country stations primarily) better than XM. Both carry the same newstalk stations I listen to as well. I do like XM's traffic coverage better than Sirius' for the Phoenix area, however, although IMO neither does a better job of traffic coverage than the local AM/FM stations. Sirius has NASCAR, but since I'm no longer making 7-hour road trips, that's not necessarily a high priority for me. My XM is portable between my truck and Z, but the Jetta is integral to the OE radio and I would rather be portable (which I know I can get with Sirius as well). So, who has which one and likes/dislikes? Is it a tomay-to/tomah-to issue? Less filling? Tastes great?