Hi Mimi! Well, that's all right. I really enjoyed the side by side comparison. Are the sports networks identical on each? I have heard that the NPR stuff on Sirious is not that great. Can you talk more about that?
Thanks in advance. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mimi Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 6:26 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Sirius Radio and XM; what I like I really don't know if they have black gospel, but I do know they have 2 Christian music stations, Spirit and Praise, and EWTN (Global Catholic Radio), Word Network, and Wisdom Radio. (I don't think that's completely religious, as Wisdom Radio have some programming dealing with holistic health, or something like that. I'd have to listen more before saying more about this one. One program I did discover is Beyond Organic. It's different.) There is a blues station and XM also has a blues station. I wish I knew if there is any black gospel music anywhere. Sorry. Mimi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mister Lynn White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 2:41 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
