Satellite Radio - Sirius?

[Lingered_I]

If I had Sirius, I'd feel like I was subsidizing the $80m they're paying Howard Stern. Like him or not, that's an obscene amount of money.

[boxsky]

I don't know about XM but $500 for Sirius and I never pay again.

[BassBud]

I have Sirius and I love it (carries all of the NFL football games and starting in '07 will carry all of the NASCAR races). Our primary unit is a factory BMW one in my wife's car. The secondary unit is mine and is a portable unit that moves from my various vehicles to my home or to a mated "boom box." One key on vehicle installation is to install a direct FM connection from your portable unit to your antennae (I purchased mine from a car stereo/radio shop for $20). This eliminates the problem of finding a free FM channel to transmit to. For ease of portability, I mounted the base unit to a PVC pipe connection that sets in a free cup holder -- really easy to move from vehicle to vehicle (each vehicle has its own antennae and direct FM connector).

[FL_Ridge]

I did not know that Honda had a stake in XM.

I am disappointed that since the two systems are not interchangeable that manufacturers do not give the choice to the consumer.

I almost bought a Volkswagen GTI but I needed a car that weekend and there were none available with Sirius, only with XM so I decided to pass it up.

If there weren't so many other redeeming factors about the Ridgeline I'd have passed it up too.

I suppose it's obvious that I'm a fan of Sirius and not so much of XM.

[SHUEY027]

I called crutchfield and they are coming out with a module that will let you get sirius throught the head unit. There was no release date for that at the time.I call them in April or early May.

[Kepeli]

I remember reading somewhere that there are units coming out in the near future that will receive both XM and Sirius.

[kkealy]

Originally Posted by T Mac

Sirius is more expensive but only slightly. And to me, the extra price is worth it because I can stream the music stations on my PC and I'm on one all day at work and much of the night at home. I'm not always in my vehicle, so it's nice to have that extra option. Aside from that, I think it's just a programming choice. I like Sirius a lot and I've had it for about a year. In fact, I'll have to renew because I can't do without it.

You can do the PC streaming thing with XM, too...

[djdj]

Originally Posted by kkealy

You can do the PC streaming thing with XM, too...

Not just on PCs either... I listen to it on my cell phone too. Works great!

[tlaudio]

If online streaming quality matters to you....

XM has higher kbps for its streams. The max stream is 64kbps.

Sirius is lower......

YMMV

[Joe Epps]

I have a 2006 RTL (no nav). I'm not interested in XM and I want to get Sirius. What is the easiest way to do it and get the best sound. I heard Soundgate has a conversion box but it will not work with radios that have XM tuners? Any ideas?