xm radio

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Originally posted by Huck BB62:
Kid, they've just recently begun changing XM's programing drastically. I had Sirius in our Mini S, loved it. I hated XM until recently BUT XM was better than not having it. XM obviously realizes that it's a war with Sirius and they're being very responsive.

Very true, XM has some interesting new stations being added next week (April 17).
I had more dropouts in the mountains when I had Sirius than I have had with XM. However, to be honest, that was a couple years ago, and Sirius had some serious problems with their receivers.
XM had the early advantage with the equipment being sold due to Delphi being big into XM (GM also owns a lot of XM stock), and that fact that Worldspace (the largest satellite provider in the world) owns part of XM and together they developed most of the receivers.
Now, it appears Sirius has comparable equipment.
I will say that as far as sound quality goes, my H3 (MP3/Monsoon) stereo has great quality, my Delphi SCIFI II I had in the Jeep had great sound, even though played through a decent, but nothing special Panasonic radio. (SCIFI II is being used in my house through the stereo and sound fantastic.) However, the Audiovox unit I had in my '03 Vette had terrible quality, even when directly wired into the Bose system.
So, the receivers appear to have a lot to do with sound quality in the system.

Have to make a note on sound quality; I'm 58, and the hearing isn't what it used to be (thanks partly to many years of firing rifles/handguns, etc., many times without ear protection), so I'm no audiophile. What I think is great may sound like sh*t to someone else. However, even to me, that Audiovox unit was terrible, or something didn't jive between the unit and the Vette's Bose system.)

Besides, XM has Oprah....