Whatever your personal preference turns out to be, may no one hold it against you, Mr. White.
Mimi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mister Lynn White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 4:49 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]
