Comments on: New Radio (goodbye XM) http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/ the adventures of an artificial texan Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: goose http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/comment-page-1/#comment-3281 goose Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:52:59 +0000 http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/#comment-3281 Having sampled both services for over 6 months now........Sirius beats XM. With XM Upping their monthly to 12.95, they lost any advantage they had over Sirius. Sirius Music choices (especially on alternative, indie rock, and dance music stations) seems to be edgier...they take more chances and throw out stuff from nowhere. Throw in the NFL, Soccer, NPR, and Howard Stern in 6 months (Not to mention 1st to have Video Feeds), and its a done deal. Very happy with Sirius. My 2 SkyFI2 Units, Boombox, car, and home adapters will be available for sale soon on Ebay. Having sampled both services for over 6 months now……..Sirius beats XM. With XM Upping their monthly to 12.95, they lost any advantage they had over Sirius. Sirius Music choices (especially on alternative, indie rock, and dance music stations) seems to be edgier…they take more chances and throw out stuff from nowhere. Throw in the NFL, Soccer, NPR, and Howard Stern in 6 months (Not to mention 1st to have Video Feeds), and its a done deal.

Very happy with Sirius. My 2 SkyFI2 Units, Boombox, car, and home adapters will be available for sale soon on Ebay.

]]> By: rone http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/comment-page-1/#comment-3028 rone Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:47:14 +0000 http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/#comment-3028 I just bought a car from my sister-in-law and it came with XM. At first i didn't want to pay for it, but then i really liked cycling through the Rock channels (as well as the 80s channel). Then she finally killed the service once the pink slip for the car changed hands, and that was the longest day of my life, driving with only regular FM radio. I reupped it as soon as i got home. I just bought a car from my sister-in-law and it came with XM. At first i didn’t want to pay for it, but then i really liked cycling through the Rock channels (as well as the 80s channel). Then she finally killed the service once the pink slip for the car changed hands, and that was the longest day of my life, driving with only regular FM radio. I reupped it as soon as i got home.

]]> By: mrbill http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/comment-page-1/#comment-3026 mrbill Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:33:45 +0000 http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/#comment-3026 I'm already in love with it. This one is going to the office, and I'll eventually buy another for home. I've noticed some differences with the "current model" over earlier ones: - Front panel now has "AM", "FM", and "AUX" choices - you no longer have to plug something into the AUX input and let it manually override - Headphone output is definitely stereo I'll try the iPod into it at work tomorrow and see how it sounds, too. I’m already in love with it. This one is going to the office, and I’ll eventually buy another for home. I’ve noticed some differences with the “current model” over earlier ones:

- Front panel now has “AM”, “FM”, and “AUX” choices – you no longer have to plug something into the AUX input and let it manually override
- Headphone output is definitely stereo

I’ll try the iPod into it at work tomorrow and see how it sounds, too.

]]> By: Jeff http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/comment-page-1/#comment-3025 Jeff Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:48:13 +0000 http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/03/12/new-radio-goodbye-xm/#comment-3025 That Audio Model One looks pretty cool..I'll be interested to see how you like it. That Audio Model One looks pretty cool..I’ll be interested to see how you like it.

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