Yes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mister Lynn White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 5:41 PM Subject: RE: Sirius Radio and XM; what I like
> I appreciated your reviews with the touch of personality involved even > if we don't agree politically. But, your review was sensitive, > thoughtful and very well explained. > > I have XM but will not take a look at Sirious. I think I know the > answer based on what you said. But, does Sirious have any black gospel > music stations? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mimi > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 7:46 AM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Sirius Radio and XM; what I like > > > Hello, everyone! > > Well, I've had my Sirius on since around > 12:30 pm Pacific Time yesterday. Here > are some of my observations: > > I like both services; XM continues to be > my favorite and top choice. I'll keep > 'em both after all. > > XM: Radio Classics has a host and I like > the information he gives about the shows > and the actors, actresses, whether or > not they are still with us. I exchange > anemail with him from time to time. > He's nice. Wish they would not > interrupt the shows, but what can you > do? More otr on XM while Sirius runs > the same few shows every couple of > hours; they don't split the shows in > half, but run a commercial or two and > play a piece or two of music in between > their lineup of otr; no host on Retro > Radio, as Sirius calls their channel. > (Can't use the same names for the > channels, I guess because of copyright > reason.) > > XM: More Decades than Sirius > Sirius: Sirius Gold, 60's Vibrations, > Totally 70's, Big 80's, The Pulse > grouped together. There is an Elvis > channel that plays everything Elvis > Presley ever recorded and it is the > official station of Graceland. > > XM: There is only one religious channel > Family Talk, and two christian music > channels, The Fish and Spirit. > > Sirius: Spirit, Praise, Wisdom, EWTN, > Word are represented and there are a > couple more religious channels which are > hispanic. > > XM: SonicTheater > Sirius: No modern radio drama or books > there > > XM and Sirius: > Talk radio left, right and center > > Sirius: NPR and NPR talk; Court TV Radio > Plus; Out Q for gays, lesbians, and > other folks (if you're supersensitive to > this, avoid that channel if you don't > have an open mind.) > > XM and Sirius: > XM: The Joint plays reggae music all the > time > Sirius: Reggae Rhythms > > Both have different types of rock > channels including alternative, hiphop > and hard to heavy metal > > Sirius: Hair nation, 80's hair bands (I > don't know what that is. It's a strange > name for music.) > > XM and Sirius: Easy listening, love > songs and mellow > > XM and Sirius: > XM The Village, folk music > Sirius: Folk Town > > Both have blues and bluegrass > > Both have commercial-free music > channels. > > XM: On Broadway > Sirius: Brodway's Best > > The classical music channels are grouped > together on both services. > > Sound quality between the two: > Excellent. > > Comment on receiver look and feel: > XM is smaller and lighter; uses bulky > heavy box adapter for boombox accessory, > bigger and heavier than the one for the > home kit; really cumbersome. > > Sirius: Home kit is chunkier, slightly > larger and receiver is chunky and > antenna feels a bit thicker and a little > heavier than the XM. > > Sirius: Runs on regular 3-prong plug > connected to a power supply which comes > with the unit. > > Inaccessible features: > As far as visually impaired: > Screen readout; clock, timer, (sleep > timer); have not played with presets yet > on Sirius unit. Might later by > accident, who knows? > > Comment: detented tuning knob > > Each station is a click on the dial. > > Sirius: Very audible pop when turning on > or off. Probably nothing to it, just > letting you know it's working. > > XM: Less audible pop when turned on but > that's normal. > > Remote control: Sirius is chunky and the > numbers are arranged with the 0 between > the power and mute buttons at the very > top of remote. Why I don't know! > Channel up and down triangle; Enter > button in the middle, left and right > triangle don't do anything we can tell > without vision. > > Sirius remote runs on 2 AAA batteries. > > Additonal comment: Like the Vacation > channel. It's different. > > Swing Street and standards are > excellent; I still love Frank's Place > and my other favorites on XM. > > Both have their good advantages. > > Sirius: Weather channels east, west and > central; traffic channels are much > clearer than XM's traffic channels, > which are very fuzzy and lousy! > > Sirius offers a lifetime membership for > $1200. (I haven't got that kind of > money, honey! I opted for a one-year > service deal.) > > Anyway, will have the two side by side > and will be going back and forth between > the two in listening and checking out > things. > > Oh, yeah! Hilly Rose and Doug Stephan > are on Sirius, but not on XM. > > Rush Limbaugh (I hate him!) is on > Sirius. Rusty Humphries is on both XM > and Sirius. (I used to listen to him in > Reno, but don't like him anymore. I > like the left channels better. But hey, > that's me. Everybody has their own > preferences. That's all there is to > that.) > > Well, there you go. Have I confused you > thoroughly? > > Good morning! > > Oh, there is Crackup and Raw Dog; XM has > Laughs USA and that other comedy > channel. Raw Dog is pretty raunchy. > Stay away if you don't like that one. > > (Like Arch Ober used to say, (If you > wish to avoid the excitement or being > upset by what offends you, etc) Hey, > that's why we have the tuner--move on to > another channel! > > Mimi > I'm a satellite radio junkie! > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
