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