XM vs Sirius - United Bimmer Community

**komodo** · 01-05-2006, 12:12 PM

So besides Howard Stern, how does XM compare to Sirius? Does one have better sound quality? What are the pros and cons of both?

Thanks.

**Rooz** · 01-05-2006, 10:09 PM

Sirius sounds better Reasons:

1) Sirius has 3 satellites, one of them is always doing a figure 8, while 2 spin around, so you'r always pin pointed by 2 satellites.

2) Sirius came 1 year after XM, so they had to do something about there sound quality, what XM did when they came, is that they took the amount of bandwidth they had and divided it equally for all the channels they have.
Sirius on the other hand, took all there talk shows and gave those the least amount of bandwidth as possible since it's just talk, doesn't matter, and gave all there music channels more bandwidth. Plus, most people that come in the store, unless if they are die-hard XM fans or baseball fans, they like Sirius more.

3) Sirius is growing at a faster rate

**komodo** · 01-06-2006, 12:00 AM

^^ hum, is that so? XM has a larger market share right now... and I heard XM had better playlists for their stations. Thoughts on that?

**Rooz** · 01-06-2006, 01:28 AM

Up to you, XM is a big name, kind of like bose.... Has the name, but not the quality....

**komodo** · 01-06-2006, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Rooz

Up to you, XM is a big name, kind of like bose.... Has the name, but not the quality....

Hum. Any stats on either, like bitrates? Or is it all variable?

**Rooz** · 01-06-2006, 11:04 AM

That I do not know, but be more than happy to try and find out

**komodo** · 01-06-2006, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Rooz

That I do not know, but be more than happy to try and find out

Thanks.

**Rooz** · 01-06-2006, 10:02 PM

Allright, couldn't find that for you, I asked around a little bit, bit I did find this:

http://www.sirius.com/servlet/Conten...=1065475754125

**speedcrazy1532** · 02-22-2006, 11:28 PM

XM has better sound quality, reception, and variety. All i did was talk about the differences during the holidays. What setup are you looking at? Are you considering an FM modulated model(i.e. Sportster or Skyfi2) or something that adds onto an existing headunit.

**komodo** · 02-22-2006, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedcrazy1532

XM has better sound quality, reception, and variety. All i did was talk about the differences during the holidays. What setup are you looking at? Are you considering an FM modulated model(i.e. Sportster or Skyfi2) or something that adds onto an existing headunit.

Good.

I decided on XM and got an alpine headunit.
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