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  7. now that i have had both services , and having noticed that a google search
  8. yields no definitive answers for people , i wanted to post my personal review
  9. of the two systems .
  10. i have an alpine cda - 7878 and an alpine xm unit and a panasonic sirius unit ,
  11. both with terk antennas . the alpine unit was connected to the head unit via
  12. an ainet cable and the sirius unit was connected with an auxiliary rca
  13. adapter available from alpine ( kca - 121 b ) . i had xm since it debuted and
  14. sirius for a few months in the pacific northwest .
  15. the bottom line , for those needing a quick answer , is sirius is superior in
  16. sound quality , features ( free streaming from their website ! ) , and channel
  17. quality ( better music , no commercials , better talk ) . xm has a few more
  18. channels that make very little difference to the end result ( read on ) .
  19. after careful review of both systems , sirius came out the winnner , as i have
  20. said . the channels are laid out well , lack commercials , sound great , and
  21. are streamed on the internet . the only disadvantage of sirius was its
  22. oft - sited lack of nascar , which they seem to be trying to remedy . also , xm
  23. has an extra comedy channel ( it ' s boring , and features older , censored
  24. comedy ) , and a few more " experimental " music channels which most will find
  25. totally useless . surfing xm for music is often like surfing the regular
  26. ( terrestrial ) radio in a large city - you get nothing but frustration . it ' s
  27. no wonder xm doesn ' t stream live on the net so that you can try before you
  28. buy . also , xm ' s channel layout was unfriendly , in my opinion .
  29. the greatest and most dizzying drawback in comparing the two , however , are
  30. the staggeringly stupid and annoying xm commercials . not necessarily the
  31. corporate commercials that come from outside companies ( which are annoying
  32. in an expected way ) , but the ridiculous and loud in - house xm stuff that
  33. makes you have to turn down your radio really quick when you ' ve had it up
  34. loud - especially with the windows open ( yes , they are that embarrassing ) .
  35. this , and the better performance of sirius , was the deciding factor in my
  36. cancelling xm .
  37. xm , however , holds their own and can satisfy a customer with some decent
  38. music and a fair selection of talk . if not for sirius , i would have kept
  39. xm , i think ; probably because it is nice to listen to the same station no
  40. matter where you go . yet , as is the way of competition , sirius has offered
  41. everything good that xm does and done it right . sirius outshines in the
  42. talk category , with a variety of right and left - wing shows , all of the
  43. useful talk channels xm has , and npr , pri , and a well laid - out channel plan .
  44. xm does a bit better in the design of their customer care website . sirius
  45. also has a customer care website , but it is not as robust ( less detail ) .
  46. however , xm doesn ' t have streaming audio on its website - apparently we all
  47. have to pay xm $ 6 . 99 extra in additon to buying another $ 200 receiver for
  48. the house . in addition to the crappy commercials , this is probably where
  49. the corporate influence of xm being part - owned by clearchannel and gm shows .