Sirrius or XM ? Which is better ?

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:47 pm

I want to get a satellite radio in my work vehicle and can't decide which has the best programs . I don't care for sports stations so they don't matter . Any one have either and care to comment ?

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:45 pm

I've had XM for around 5 years.I listen to almost exclusively talk and news.If i want music, i listen to my IPOD with noise cancelling headphones.In general,it's great to never lose a station,coast to coast.

Tubadork · Post by **Tubadork** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:55 pm

I've heard that Sirius is in bad finacial shape and that XM is going to buy them.
Bill

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:22 pm

Tubadork wrote:I've heard that Sirius is in bad finacial shape and that XM is going to buy them.
Bill

You have your rumor backwards. XM continues to bleed financially, and is gaining fewer subscribers than Sirius. There was talk that Sirius may make a play for XM, but, in all likelihood, it would win neither FTC nor FCC approval.

I'm a Sirius subscriber, and I think the service is great. All of the music stations on Sirius are 100% commercial free. The same cannot be said for XM.

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:47 pm

On vacation last year we rented a car that had XM . I liked the two comedy channels . Listened to the "clean" one with the kids in the car and the "blue "one when by myself ..

I like classic rock,classical , some bluegrass, dixieland jazz , and all talk radio . I have no desire to hear any "modern" rock music . My daughter plays that in her room and I get all I can stomach at home .
My classic rock tastes range from Tower of Power to Pink Floyd and includes BTO, Journey, Chicago,BST, Stones, Moody Blues ,Foreigner, Eddie Money , Earth,Wind&Fire and on into early 60's and 50's .
Does that help any Doc ?

Jonathan Fowler · Post by **Jonathan Fowler** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:46 am

I'd imagine that the music stations on both carriers are relatively the same. Given that each have so many niche stations there's a ton of overlap between music stations and their playlists.
The biggest differences are these:

Sports - you said you don't care about this BUT
XM has all MLB, NHL as well as ACC, Big 10 and most Big East Sports (BB and FB)

Sirius carries NFL

One of the bigger draws to either is their exclusive deals with popular radio "shock jocks", they focus on the male 18-34 demo.
XM has O & A

Sirius has Howard Stern

To my understanding, these are the two bggest draws for new subscriptions. If neither appeals to you as a new subscriber, I'd look for whichever company had a deal on service and/or hardware and go with that.

That being said, I've had XM since last summer. I got it mostly for baseball, but have a guilty pleasure of listening to O & A, and couln't live without it now.

Hope this helps a little,

jon

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:14 pm

Jonathan Fowler wrote: Sports - you said you don't care about this BUT
XM has all MLB, NHL as well as ACC, Big 10 and most Big East Sports (BB and FB)
Sirius carries NFL

NHL is now on Sirius. The only major pro sport on XM is MLB.

Adam C. · Post by **Adam C.** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:39 pm

Only Sirius has NPR. That was the deal-maker for me.

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:48 pm

My son has XM and I have Sirrius. I almost got XM because of MLB which is my sport of choice, but the music selections are more varied on Sirrius and more to my taste. Then they went and put "BLUE COLLAR COMEDY" on Sirrius and now I can never change. If you've got XM, then, "Here's yer sign!"

Rick F · Post by **Rick F** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:43 pm

This just announced today...

Sirius Radio to merge with XM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070219/bs_ ... irius_dc_5

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:14 pm

..... had the Sirius radio installed on saturday ... Oh ,well ... I am really enjoying the comedy channels and the classical channels .I haven't spent much time yet listening to the others but the classic rock channels all seem to be what I was looking for .

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:42 am

At least a few of the lawyers among us will get some benefit from the merger.