Satellite Radio...?

Question

Sirius or Xm

Answer 1

Sirius. Sirus has better programming.

For sports, they have the NFL, NBA, NASCAR (starting in two weeks) and a bunch of NCAA stuff. XM has baseball and I'm not sure what else.

Sirius has Howard Stern, Eminem, and Martha Stewart. XM has Oprah, Snoop Dogg, and Ellen DeGeneres.

Sirius is run by a guy that is a huge bluegrass fan and is really into it to deliver great music.

XM is run by the same people that run most of the terrestrial radio stations (Clearchannel). They are really into making themselves money and that's it.

Sirius and XM have similar news programming. Not much of an edge either way there. Same with the comedy channels.

They both have the same basic selection of music channels. The difference is in their playlists. You will find great music on channels from both providers, but you will find more breadth of programming on Sirius. Take the 80's channel for an example.

On the XM 80's channel, they play the top songs from that era, but they play the generic top 40 stuff over and over. (Kind of like how their terrestrial pop stations play the same songs over and over until you can't stand to hear that d*mn song anymore!)

On the Sirius 80's channel, they play the stuff that made the top 40 charts from that era, plus they dig around and find stuff that wasn't so popular and throw that in, too.

Whichever one you pick, though, you'll never go back to terrestrial radio again. It's definitely worth the investment.

Answer 2

I've had both and I prefer Sirius. Here are some things you can use to help make your decision on the two. If you can't decide, why not get both and be jamming to 300 channels in the car? Okay here's the comparison list:

Music. If you like rare, unheard stuff and B-Sides, you'll like XM better. XM has a larger music library and they tend to delve deep into it. This is the kind of service that the wacky guy at the music store who could name what was on every CD ever made would like. If you like hearing stuff you've never heard before, you'll like XM

If you like listening to the radio and saying hey, I loved that song, hearing songs that are popular, that were once popular, all the hits then you'll be a Sirius person. Like classic rock? Pick Sirius. Eminem? He's got his own channel. So does Elvis. And for the time being so does The Who and The Rolling Stones. For me, this is what made me pick Sirius. I would listen to XM and always be changing the station because it was rare they'd play something I'd like. Sure, I'd discover new music I had never heard before and end up liking, but most of the stuff I heard over there I could tell were B sides and unheard of for a reason. On the flip side of that, since Sirius plays all the hits, you'll end up hearing more repeats, too. It doesn't bother me because I like more than 1 station, so I can just change it and listen to something else!

Sports. If you like baseball or hockey, you'll want XM. If you like basketball, football, soccer or nascar, you'll want Sirius.

Talk radio. If you like Playboy, Maxim, Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, NPR, BBC, you'll want Sirius. If you like Oprah Winfrey or Opie and Anthony, you'll want XM.

Hope this helps a little! Don't forget, both services offer 3 day free trials online. Sign up for them and give them both a good listen. Note that the satellite radio sound quality is better than the online streaming. Just use it for comparing the programming. Note that talk and sports are mostly not available online so this is mostly good for comparing the music programming.

Answer 3

Get a copy of each systems channel list and then decide.. I have XM since they braodcast every hocky game and baseball game.. plus they have Opie and Anthony. But Sirius has the NFL and Howard Stern

Other then special things like that they are pretty much the same

Answer 4

Just got Sirius last night, and I love it. I think they both offer a good product, but it would be wise to listen to both, to see what station mix you like the best.

Satellite radio is the way to go, song after song after song after song...