OK, let's see if I can look at my notes on Sirius for a minute. 12 is Spirit, Christian hits 54 Praise, gospel
On XM: Spirit is in the 30's section don't have my notes in front of me. Just about all I can think of right now. Mimi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Grady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Sirius Radio and XM; what I like > There is a gospel music station. It is somewhere in the fifties probably > 54. Sirius has more sports coverage than XM, in fact that's why I switched. > I don't know that there is a lot of difference in the music streams, but > there are more info and sports streams on Sirius. Trouble is you can only > stream the music channels. If you have a broadband connection Sirius is > offering a three day free trial of the music streams. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mister Lynn White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 7:49 PM > Subject: RE: Sirius Radio and XM; what I like > > > > I meant to say I will take a look at sirious Radio. (smile) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Grady > > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 4:49 PM > > To: PC audio discussion list. > > Subject: Re: Sirius Radio and XM; what I like > > > > > > 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] > > > > > > ________________________________________ _______ > > 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]
