Who Has Sirius?

[Shane1V]

I have both. Got XM for the boys right before they began & now I have Sirius as well.

What are your thoughts on the 2?

Howards infrequent replays is really annoying me. :icon_evil

[abudabit]

Don't worry, eventually he will have to realize people only listen to his channel for him and not those side shows. I bet in less than 2 months Stern will have at least one more replay, if not more.

[jpc165]

If I need to listen I find it on line. But I do own sirius stock.

[bathroom sentry]

i have it on my dishnetwork, but have never listened...so i guess that counts

[Shane1V]

If I need to listen I find it on line. But I do own sirius stock.

That is more work than I care to do when I pay to hear him. it should be avail all the time, lotsa replays.

[Shane1V]

i have it on my dishnetwork, but have never listened...so i guess that counts

I dont think they broadcast Howard show though. Also cant get it online like you can get O&A on XM.

[bathroom sentry]

That is more work than I care to do for a service I pay for to hear him. it should be avail all the time, lotsa replays.
doesn't your sirius unit have an 8-track that you can record is show with and play it back at your leisure?

[Badgun]

I have Sirius. I actually like the music channels better than XM's. I dare say if O&A were not on XM, I would probably cancel the service.

Not sure what it is, but Sirius' music channels seem better organized and as a mid 40s rock n roller, they have more to offer me.

Funny thing, I don't listen to Hoo Hoo, but since he's been on, I've turned it over there about 3 times and all 3 times he was in commercials or Howie news.

[Takei's Taint]

I have Sirius radio and Direct TV. I actually really like Sirius's music content. I'm not into the whole XM/Sirius war. I think they're both good but I'm not as familiar with XM's programming other than what is offered on Direct TV.

Stern currently has a replay at night. His morning show also has a 3-hour west coast delay.

[aoy1995]

I have both. Got XM for the boys right before they began & now I have Sirius as well.

What are your thoughts on the 2?

Howards infrequent replays is really annoying me. :icon_evil

I own both. Bought Sirius (before last fall's NCAA schedule began) because they have a better college football coverage package than XM does. Bought XM a couple of years ago, because of Nascar. Listen to O&A. Can't stomach Stern.

[punchingmunchki]

what is this Sirius that you speak of?

[Shane1V]

I have Sirius radio and Direct TV. I actually really like Sirius's music content. I'm not into the whole XM/Sirius war. I think they're both good but I'm not as familiar with XM's programming other than what is offered on Direct TV.

Stern currently has a replay at night. His morning show also has a 3-hour west coast delay.

yeah, I'm liking the Sirius rock music channel arrangement better too. Luvin Hair Nation. XM should diversify their rock channels more. Boneyard plays a lot of stuff I don't know or care for, & I know 80's metal. they are too obscure. Kinda "Deep Track-y"
I tell ya, DirecTV had the best music channel before they got XM, Arena Rock. it was great. I emailed charlie Logan suggesting they program Boneyard more like Arena Rock on DirecTV and he got a little annoyed & defensive in his reply email :icon_lol:

[Beeman99]

Since Nascar is going to Sirius in 07 I may have to think about running both, but I'd never listen to that jew fagoot stern.

[wooden1]

Why get Sirius, when there is always someone streaming a bashing session on PalTalk??

By the way, anyone else having problems getting on Paltalk?

[more-gooder]

i wouldnt waste my money on that piece of shit sirius

[bathroom sentry]

Since Nascar is going to Sirius in 07 I may have to think about running both, but I'd never listen to that jew fagoot stern.
just a question. why would you want nascar on radio? they only race once/week, right? why not just watch it on tv?

[NuttyJim]

Fuck Sirius and Fuck Stern!

Hoo-Hoo Tesla and Marconi didn't invent the radio..Hoo Hoo Robin...I did!

Fuckin Hack...hasn't had a good show since the old channel 9 broadcast!

[Ballbuster1]

just a question. why would you want nascar on radio? they only race once/week, right? why not just watch it on tv?They do have alot of other shows running on there, but I don't
feel it's enough for me to get Sirius. I just tape the shows on the
Speed channel and the races if I can't watch. It really is more of a
visual thing for me. I rarely listen to Nascar on XM even though I'm
a big Nascar fan. Same thing goes for football. I'd rather see a game
than listen to it.

[pondscum]

pests go here:

http://s15.invisionfree.com/Backup_Stern_Board/index.php?act=idx

[jpc165]

That is more work than I care to do when I pay to hear him. it should be avail all the time, lotsa replays.

You're probably in the majority as far as stern fans. I am pretty sure most people would rather hear a replay especially in the afternoon drive time. My one friend who has sirius said the same thing.

[Just Joe]

My wife has the little dog in her car. Howard's show has not gotten better like he promised his listeners. Its still the same self-serving dribble and ass-kissing drones surrounding him.

Paltalk has been down for a while now - right in the middle of a good stern-fan bashing session as well.

[XMScott]

Im taking a friends online account

Not paying for shit

[watsonnostaw]

I have a Sirius unit in my 2006 Mustang, but I didnt pay a dime for the subscription as it was free with the purchase of the car... so basically I either got it free or paid 30,000 for a sirius unit in the shape of a Mustang

[Mobilehoma]

I have both, and only bought Sirius so I could listen to my Houston Texans games since I didn't have Direct Tv at the time and I lived in Nashville, TN.

I enjoy their old school hip hop station and their rock channels, and Jam Channel.

Sirius reception blows though. Their satelites move around and I never get uniterrupted coverage like I do with my XM.

I still have my sirius boombox, but i rarely turn it on. I tried Howard but it's boring to me.

I have a myfi that i take to work, a built in sony xm reciever in my car, and have the delphi boombox in my bedroom.

XM is by far the better of the two in my opinion.

[Shane1V]

pests go here:

http://s15.invisionfree.com/Backup_Stern_Board/index.php?act=idx

Why go there? the regular board is up and running

[Shane1V]

You're probably in the majority as far as stern fans. I am pretty sure most people would rather hear a replay especially in the afternoon drive time. My one friend who has sirius said the same thing.

"You are correct Sir!!"

I have as thread there(SFN)on the subject and I'd say 95% of the fans want more replays. Its fukin ridiculous there now. Im getting less than an hour of the show a day this way.

[poontang]

they were the first satelllite radio i bought....I was in to sports talk and they sucked....no fox sports, no sporting news and no MLB radio. I listened on AIRTran to XM and when I got back in town I put the Sirius on Ebay and got XM.

I listened to O&A in college in Mass and had no idea they were on XM. I haven't left 202 since finding them.

Sirius is terrilble. Rude and Juse were ok to listen too, but they play too much music...the rest of the shit sucked.

[ray16309]

I sold all of my Sirius stock at 6.22 / share... bought in at 3.45...
I am not sure if it will ever go that high again with all of the negative articles in Fortune Mag and Barrons.
XM is in much better financial shape...

[travis151]

I have Sirius only because I thought O&A was going there. I bought it April of 04 the very next day Anthony's girl posted a picture of them at the XM studios.I'm glad I still have Sirius I feel that over all the music is better. XM has better sports MLB, FOX Sports and Sporting news radio.Sirius needs to get them.Yes I know MLB has 10 year deal with XM. So I also have XM only for O&A and Ron and Fez. Yes, I'm a Howard fan eventhough he tried to fuck the boys over. I wish everybody could just get along but that might never happen. Whatever call me a fag for liking Stern I don't care.

[Shane1V]

I have Sirius only because I thought O&A was going there. I bought it April of 04 the very next day Anthony's girl posted a picture of them at the XM studios.I'm glad I still have Sirius I feel that over all the music is better. XM has better sports MLB, FOX Sports and Sporting news radio.Sirius needs to get them.Yes I know MLB has 10 year deal with XM. So I also have XM only for O&A and Ron and Fez. Yes, I'm a Howard fan eventhough he tried to fuck the boys over. I wish everybody could just get along but that might never happen. Whatever call me a fag for liking Stern I don't care.

You fuckin FAG! I like Stern too & I LOOOOVE the cock!

[Carples]

I have sirius for the Boombox channel. If XM built a channel like that, or even just got someone who knows what thier doing with the electronica channels, I would cancel sirius.

[Takei's Taint]

Not to sound like a ho-mo.
But I am quite impressed that this thread has been relatively civil...touting the pros and cons of both services. I guess we all can just get along.

[jpc165]

I don't have any problems discussing both sides civily. I just get fired up when the trolls come in here screaming with their anti O&A cunt shit.

[Absolutely]

I bought Sirius last Spring, basically FOR Howard. Now I hate him, and haven't listened to his stations in months since his first week.. gave him one more shot.
I don't mind Sirius's other programing though, musically I like it. Although i really only listen to Jam On and Gay Coffee House stations.
I'll probably end it when my subscription is up, no need paying for two.

[johnnychilds]

I got XM first. Didn't really discover O&A until sometime last summer. I know, shame on me. I bought a Sirius unit as soon as XM got rid of the Liquid Metal channel. Still pissed about that. If you like metal, the Sirius channel is great.

[jpc165]

I just can't see having both.

But I never change my channel off of 202 anyway. :rolleyes:

[bensrawass]

I own a trailer,so Im halfway to having a portable sirius unit.

[Kurto2021]

I have both and I like XM a lot more than I like Sirius. I bought XM when our local sports station switched to Disney Radio. I wound up getting a sirius unit and a friend of mine who had sirius got an XM. Each of us pays for the family plan on our setup and gets the best of both worlds.

I prefer XMs music over Sirius and the coverage and sound quality of XM is a lot better in my car.

Oh yeah and the Howard channels are awful. I like the continual repeats of O&A and Ron & Fez they make 202 so much better than 100 and 101. After all when you add 100 and 101 you still fall short of 202. That fucking news show and wrap up show are God AWFUL!!!!

[degeneratorruch]

Ok. Let me insert my question here. What the fuck is Howard Stern news? I keep hearing it mentioned (usually with an insult attached, which should give me a clue) but I have no idea what it is. Is it just a 24 hour news network... devoted to Stern? And if so, how the fuck do you fill that much time?

[TimHorton]

I have Sirius in my Dish Net FTA, the music is good, I don't get Howard, and don't care, I'm not 100% happy with my XM unit in the car it is an Audiovox and I have to retune the FM frequency twice during my commute....the bboys making me laugh out loud makes up for it though,
I do like Lucy, Ethel, and the Mix stations, Almost too much choice

[Death Metal Moe]

I still really don't get the music thing honestly. I mean I write E-mails to get Liquid Metal back on XM but if it doesn't come back I got my iPod.

I couldn't care less who has better music because I got XM for it's special content: 202. Ron and Fez got me to buy XM and O&A were icing on the cake.

If you think Sirius has better Rock stuff just forget the extra sub and equipment, get an iPod and put all your music you like on it. You'll never wait for a music station to play what you want to hear again.

[FartHammer]

Nascar is so boring to watch on TV I can't even imagine listening to it on the radio....

[SteveSteele]

just a question. why would you want nascar on radio? they only race once/week, right? why not just watch it on tv?


I love NASCAR and even though I am disappointed that NASCAR is going to Sirius, I will not have both for just that. Just like football, NASCAR needs to be watched on TV. All it is is just a feed of the MRN network coverage which can be caught on free radio anyways. I only found it useful if I had to go out on a Sunday, I could keep up with the race until I reached a destination with a TV.

I have heard the music on Sirius through their sat tv deal. I still prefer the programming on XM. Just put Liquid Metal back on the satellites.

[Ballbuster1]

Ok. Let me insert my question here. What the fuck is Howard Stern news? I keep hearing it mentioned (usually with an insult attached, which should give me a clue) but I have no idea what it is. Is it just a 24 hour news network... devoted to Stern? And if so, how the fuck do you fill that much time?
That's where they report false news like a pest shut down the SFN
board when it was really their webhost just doing routine maintenence
but their Admin was too stupid to read his e-mail.
Yeah, breaking news, film @ 11. :rolleyes:

[Kurto2021]

Howard 100 News to answer your question is a waste of bandwidth. The pretty much report on the stories that Howard covered on his show. If he had a guest they will interview the guest and ask them what they thought of the Sirius show vs the FM show. Pretty lame ass stuff. It is basically any news (I use that word loosely) that is Howard related they will talk about, unless it is bad news then they skip it.

[nextgen73]

I own both also.. I bought XM a year and a half ago. I heard the boys the first time during their free preview. I paid the extra $2 to hear them until it became part of the full package. I love XM for O&A, R&F. But I do prefer the music channels on Sirius a lot better. I tried listening to Hoo Hoo a few times but he really is getting worse every day. He is unlistenable. Bubba is garbage also. Besides porno stars, strippers, and nascar Bubba has nothing to offer. I stopped wasting my time with those 2 fools. I did extremely enjoy the Ferrall Fucking though. It was even fun to participate :icon_wink

[Fstyley]

I have both. I got XM for O&A only. I actually prefer Sirius's programming. O&A bitch about how much Sirius pays for programming but I think it is well worth it. If O&A leave XM I would cancel.

[SteveSteele]

I have Sirius in my Dish Net FTA, the music is good, I don't get Howard, and don't care, I'm not 100% happy with my XM unit in the car it is an Audiovox and I have to retune the FM frequency twice during my commute....the bboys making me laugh out loud makes up for it though,
I do like Lucy, Ethel, and the Mix stations, Almost too much choice

That sounds like it's aa FM issue and not a problem with your XM unit. The upper frequencies in the FM band are reserved for "community" use. You might have a low power station in the area broadcasting a free FM signal causing you to switch the FM frequency.

[ShesTooOld]

I have the Sirius music channels on my Dish Network but i'm not very impressed. I do like the XM selection better but nothing compares to my iPod for me.

The NASCAR channel is more than just the races, they do broadcast all of the Truck, Busch, and Cup races, as well as a 4 hour a day m-f call in show, and there was one in the morning too but I haven't listened since I caught the virus.

I do enjoy the NASCAR channel from time to time as I am a huge racing fan. I would hold of on getting Sirius once the official NASCAR name is gone from XM. I think that E-LO would be smart enough to see the mass appeal of the NASCAR channel and retain a similar style show in the same time slot during the week. The rest of the day could be filled out with news and shows about all other forms of motorsports; F1, IRL, Cart, USAC, NHRA, Supercross, SCCA, etc. Kind of like a less NASCAR-centric radio version of the Speed channel.

[Ballbuster1]

I have Sirius in my Dish Net FTA, the music is good, I don't get Howard, and don't care, I'm not 100% happy with my XM unit in the car it is an Audiovox and I have to retune the FM frequency twice during my commute....the bboys making me laugh out loud makes up for it though,
I do like Lucy, Ethel, and the Mix stations, Almost too much choiceYou might want to get one of these:
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My wife was getting reception problems due to too many stations
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[countzero]

They only things my Sirius has been used for are Pest Radio,
NFL, and Indy Music Stations. I did try to listen to Howie
for a day or two but I just couldn't. My ears were bleeding.
God bless XM 202 for healing my ears, a bigger miracle than
the winking Jesus statue.

[UFDfireman]

I bought Sirius last Spring, basically FOR Howard. Now I hate him, and haven't listened to his stations in months since his first week.. gave him one more shot.
I don't mind Sirius's other programing though, musically I like it. Although i really only listen to Jam On and Gay Coffee House stations.
I'll probably end it when my subscription is up, no need paying for two.

He's only been on 6 weeks.. how have you stopped listening for months??

I have both. I got XM for O&A only. I actually prefer Sirius's programming. O&A bitch about how much Sirius pays for programming but I think it is well worth it. If O&A leave XM I would cancel.

The "jocks" at Sirius talk too fucking much.. if I wanted to know who sung that song, Id look at my fucking display.

[johnnychilds]

People think I'm an idiot for having both services but I seriously use them both just about every day. I listen to O&A and R&F but I'm in and out all day. When I get to sections of the shows I've already heard I switch to the music. I listen to Fungus 53, Unsigned and XMU quite a bit but when my music tastes change (often), I turn on the Sirius and listen to Hard Attack JamOn or Underground Garage. I tried listening to the hooknose a few times and honestly could not stomach it. His best days are definitely behind him. Bubba is just that, Bubba.

OK, this is too long. Not punchin' out.....

[Jayhawk]

I have a Sirius unit in my 2006 Mustang, but I didnt pay a dime for the subscription as it was free with the purchase of the car... so basically I either got it free or paid 30,000 for a sirius unit in the shape of a Mustang

Aren't Sirius units about that big anyway?:icon_mrgr

[Cracker]

I purchased sirius and xm in December. I was not sure which one I wanted. I purchased because Stern was going to sat. radio which in my mind made sat radio legitimate. While I was waiting for Stern to start I found O&A on xm and find them to do a much better show. I listened to stern's show the first few days.( I have not heard his show in about 10 years. I no longer have to travel) I was thrilled I was going to be able to hear sterns show again. I do not know what happened to stern but, his show is boring as hell. It stinks!

Thats my story, like it or stuff it!

[buffalosapper]

I thought about buying Sirius, but I couldn't afford the flatbed trailer to tow it on...
....car crash...
I stink

[Tommy Ceez]

Could the 'I have an iPod, so I dont need music channels' people answer me a question?

Have you honestly heard and know all the good music ever recorded, and know for a fact that you will never like anything new again?

Its wierd...I think iPods have created a new kind of arrogance or musical snobbery...'I know all the music Im ever gonna like!"
:icon_lol:

[Absolutely]

He's only been on 6 weeks.. how have you stopped listening for months??

Yeah, I wrote that wrong. I meant to say that I haven't listened to his channel since September or whenever when he put on those awful high-pitch and retard shows and 100 News, except for the first week of shows he did. Plus I hadn't listened to his T-Radio show since the Summer.

[countzero]

Could the 'I have an iPod, so I dont need music channels' people answer me a question?

Have you honestly heard and know all the good music ever recorded, and know for a fact that you will never like anything new again?

Its wierd...I think iPods have created a new kind of arrogance or musical snobbery...'I know all the music Im ever gonna like!"
:icon_lol:
That is what pitchforkmedia.com is for... or WOXY.com
all the new music you need.

[BillySchwaggles]

I was in the store the other night. My friend comes up to me and he goes "look what I'm buying" I didn't even know what the fuck I was looking at so I just stared for a minute until he told me it was a sirius car unit. So I tell him that it's AWful, the reception...etc and that the only thing that's decent on there is Bruer. hes like "well, at least I can return it if i don't like it". but why waste the money on a subscription??? i told him he should run it over.

[masterpoo]

I would not pay for that shit.
M..P

[Barely Legal]

hes like "well, at least I can return it if i don't like it". but why waste the money on a subscription??? i told him he should run it over.
Dude, that might give him whiplash!

[Long Duck Dong]

I have both in my car. If O&A had a replay during the morning drive for us West Coaster I would cancel my Sirius in a heartbeat. Nothing against Ron & Fez, but I just don't get their show, so from 8-11 I listen to Howard on Sirius. I kinda wish O&A would do something similar (hoo-hoo) to Stern and get 2 channels, one that could play them during the East Coast drive time and the other to play for the West Coast drive time.

[BillySchwaggles]

Dude, that might give him whiplash!

hahaha, MY BAD!!! =D

[Ruff Dumpler]

I got XM first. Didn't really discover O&A until sometime last summer. I know, shame on me. I bought a Sirius unit as soon as XM got rid of the Liquid Metal channel. Still pissed about that. If you like metal, the Sirius channel is great.

Not trying to be rude here but there are a bunch of people who said they got Sirius after XM cancelled XMLM but I just don't get it. It's not like they have anything over there that's comparable, right? At least XM still has it online.

I bought Sirius 2 weeks ago for Scott Ferrall....

[Shane1V]

Aren't Sirius units about that big anyway?:icon_mrgr


That joke is old news. I have the Sportster replay and its the same size as my SkyFi2.
Size comments are no longer relevant. Someone tell lil' Jimmy too.

[kremss]

http://www.nbc11.com/news/6916001/detail.html

[kremss]

I have both in my car. If O&A had a replay during the morning drive for us West Coaster I would cancel my Sirius in a heartbeat. Nothing against Ron & Fez, but I just don't get their show, so from 8-11 I listen to Howard on Sirius. I kinda wish O&A would do something similar (hoo-hoo) to Stern and get 2 channels, one that could play them during the East Coast drive time and the other to play for the West Coast drive time.


I have both for the same reasons.

[25133WhooOoAH]

i must say i have both and sirius music is a hell of alot better hard attack si the best metal radio show but i got xm only for OnA cuz there the best shit going!

[25133WhooOoAH]

yeah im against the whole sirius/xm war too ? who gives a shit i only got xm for o and a or else i would cancel it hard attack is all i need, and sirius isnt even big anymore my sirius in my car is smaller then my friends xm alot smaller

[aoy1995]

just a question. why would you want nascar on radio? they only race once/week, right? why not just watch it on tv?

MRN/PRN usually have coverage of qualifying, and the other racing series, that some markets do not carry when they broadcast the races. Where I live is a good example of that. They only carry the Cup races, but not the Busch or Truck series.

As for watching the races on tv, most folks do. However, the tv package that Nascar sold the networks (and the new one is going to be a lot worse) have resulted in a landslide of commercials. I watch the race on tv, mute it during commercials, and listen to the radio coverage.

[tjpann]

Wouldn't do me any good to buy Sirius, not that I want it. I can listen to the radio at work. The Xm comes in at my office building, Sirius DOES NOT. Because of that, you are starting to see the Xm antennas pop up at everyone's cubicles. Seems like nobody misses Howard except one little drone who complains she lost her signal at home 5x in one day. I hope she gets her moneys worth :)

[roche]

I had Sirius for a month. They repeat songs way to often for my tastes.

[BIV]

What is this Sirius? It is like the herp?

[BIV]

I emailed charlie Logan suggesting they program Boneyard more like Arena Rock on DirecTV and he got a little annoyed & defensive in his reply email :icon_lol:
Charlie Logan is a fucking douche that doesn't know shit about rock music, let alone metal or hair.

Oops, sorry for the double post. Got all passionatey

[Beyond Unreal]

:icon_evil I bought Sirius in 2003. Loved it at first. Sound quality was excellent, programming was great. Then the sound quality decreased similar to a 96 or 128 mp3. Repetition got to be too much to deal with. And their quick to delete channels and merge popular channels. They add channels too but if your taking populars ones away, whats the point?

http://www.myspace.com/35107513

[lordsofacid]

If O&A weren't on XM I'd probably cancel too. The only other thing I listen to my XM for besides the bbboys are MLB games, but barely once a week. Sirius has better sports, if you're living away from your hometown you can follow your football, hockey and basketball team as well as a lot of college games. Sirius music is much better too... I don't mind the talking, its only a few seconds at a time. Hard attack, octane, faction, backspin, even shade 45. I just wish you could pick your content from the 2 services....we'd probably all pay less cause we wouldn't pick hoo-hoo.

[Poo Poo Finger]

yeah, I'm liking the Sirius rock music channel arrangement better too. Luvin Hair Nation. XM should diversify their rock channels more. Boneyard plays a lot of stuff I don't know or care for, & I know 80's metal. they are too obscure. Kinda "Deep Track-y"
I tell ya, DirecTV had the best music channel before they got XM, Arena Rock. it was great. I emailed charlie Logan suggesting they program Boneyard more like Arena Rock on DirecTV and he got a little annoyed & defensive in his reply email :icon_lol:
That's because hair metal is God awful. There is plenty or a variety of rock on xm if you're not still cruisin the 86 Fiero.

[Bralio]

says the guy with an 80's-genre video game avatar... :action-sm

[Three Testies]

At least Siruis has better music selection and more XL channels. The only bad thing I have to say about XM is their lack of XL music. Thats the whole reason I signed up for XM. Who wants to hear most or some of the words cut out or overwritten with stupid scratching effects? When I saw there were 3 XL rock stations and only 1 XL rap station I wanted to quit XM and go to Sirius.
Thank god I was too lazy to do it at the time because I checked out O n A once I saw they weren't on the premium any more and they are the only reason I kept my XM and it never strays from 202 or Ethel (the only music channel with original content that isnt played out; thanks for pluggin Ethel Opie). XM is nice but damn, why does everything have to be edited? Especially hip-hop/rap. Not like thats all I like to listen to but I do enjoy some of it. Even rock stations I've heard one version edited and then on another channel its the uncut/unedited version of that same song, what gives?
My buddy has Sirius and hardly any of their music channels are edited for language. Maybe thats why they have FCC issues and shit like that. But with XMs channel blocking, make with more XL content.

[Lil Precious]

I got my wife Sirius for X-mas and only have listened to it 3 times and I couldn take Howie 100 or 101 the only thing I liked was Hairnation...
She like Howard, cause I got her onto him when he was good back in the day.
She listens to O&A when in my car and I catch her giggling ever now and then...I may still convert her...

[Three Testies]

I got my wife Sirius for X-mas and only have listened to it 3 times and I couldn take Howie 100 or 101 the only thing I liked was Hairnation...
She like Howard, cause I got her onto him when he was good back in the day.
She listens to O&A when in my car and I catch her giggling ever now and then...I may still convert her...

Thats how my girl is. She likes when they are tame and joking on current events or shit in the news, but once they get to being their usual selves with the pranks and being "mean" it turns her off. Some people don't get that its just entertainment and its not like you have to believe every view they have. She can't get passed that.

[ShesTooOld]

Could the 'I have an iPod, so I dont need music channels' people answer me a question?

Have you honestly heard and know all the good music ever recorded, and know for a fact that you will never like anything new again?

Its wierd...I think iPods have created a new kind of arrogance or musical snobbery...'I know all the music Im ever gonna like!"
:icon_lol:


No, for me at least, I surf around and if I don't hear anything that I don't particularly care for its off to the iPod where I can always find something I like. Keep in mind that when I'm not at my day job (gotta have one in KS if you're in the music business) I'm at a studio or theater doing sound work. I certainly love to control what song I'm going to listen to rather than just sit and hear what someone else is playing.

I do listen and have bought CDs from things I've heard on XM. And it's always a thrill to hear music that I've recorded on XM Bluesville :D

[Ovaherenow]

I have both...i work in advertising and got sirius from MSG network as a corporate christmas present with a year long subscription...which was 2 years ago (pre O&A and Stern). They were coming out with new units and getting rid of the older really big units...

I haven't paid a dime to sirius and wonder if they include me in their list...

I do listen to stern between 6AM - 7AM now, only to see if he talks about O&A lately. I do like the music stations more than XM...I listen to the bruce springsteen station....I like Alt Nation (like Krock used to be) and Hair Nation (which I really want Boneyard to be)...Jim Breuer is good but I rarely listen because I can't listen at work...the decades channels are about the same...

Honestly I think the music on XM for the most part kinda sucks...I do like 20 on 20, Mix, Ethel, Boneyard, MLB home plate (especially during the season), and O&A / R+F....I do wish some of XM's music stations were more like SIrius...

[Hoo Hoo Howie]

I bought a Sirius unit for the wife back in August. I like their music selection a little better than XMs but Sirius' quality is SHIT in comparision. Their online streaming is horrible too. They stream at low bandwidth settings so all the rock stations sound like an AM station.

I work out early in the morning so when I get home @ around 6am I listen to a little Stern while I cook my breakfast and then catch O&A in my car on the way in to work. His show is still mediocre, still cliche, very little celebs, and it's still all about Howie. You can tell he's lost his passion. He says "Hey Now" every 30 seconds (THAT OLD GAG). Artie makes me laugh and Florentine, Levy when they're on. I like Richard and Sal, but without Jackie - Howard is just a fucking HACK.


There's a bunch of hard-core Stern fans in my office here too. I shared the mousetrap/Ballbag show with them and they're all seriously considering getting XM now.

[ThaPplsChoice]

I got my wife Sirius for X-mas and only have listened to it 3 times and I couldn take Howie 100 or 101 the only thing I liked was Hairnation...
She like Howard, cause I got her onto him when he was good back in the day.
She listens to O&A when in my car and I catch her giggling ever now and then...I may still convert her...This is pretty close to how it is with my girlfriend. She has it in her car, and whenever the reception is up (which is only about half the time, whenever I'm in there), and Howie's on, I wanna put my head through the window -- it's completely awful. I was literally screaming at the radio during a segment on News when he called in and actually took credit for Dee Snider's fame -- she got scared.

At the same time, I catch her laughing at some of the stuff on O&A (when she gets it, of course). During one of the replays where they played the Danza stuff, we stayed parked in a parking lot for 10 minutes at her behest because she didn't want to leave the car until she got to hear the payoff. She has admitted that O&A put on a better show, but she feels this stupid loyalty to Stern that I can't explain. I'm sure I'll be able to convert her, though.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

She has admitted that O&A put on a better show, but she feels this stupid loyalty to Stern that I can't explain. I'm sure I'll be able to convert her, though.

Give her the old two point conversion until she gives in to the power of XM. :icon_mrgr

[Fin Beast]

Back in the3 day when HooHoo was falling off and before OnA were on WNEW I felt a "loyalty" to him for the great radio he had done in the past.

When I heard OnA for the first time I was done with HooHoo inside a week.

[Three Testies]

Back in the3 day when HooHoo was falling off and before OnA were on WNEW I felt a "loyalty" to him for the great radio he had done in the past.

When I heard OnA for the first time I was done with HooHoo inside a week.

I never had the "pleasure" of getting sucked in to Hoo Hoo and his bullshit and the O n A show was the first "shock" radio I've heard. Good thing I never cancelled my XM sub before I heard O&A. I now see I listen to the best in the biz after hearing Howard and others. The only other show that interested me was Phil Hendrie for his characters he makes up and then idiots call in to call out a fake person that Hendrie made up. Pretty funny at times.

[Jerry1]

I got XM and my brother's got Sirius(Brother vs. Brother? No!). Got to hear both and I'll go with XM. Stern ain't the same anymore plus the NFL is more of a visual thing. XM has got O&A, MLB, pretty good music channels(Fan of the Decades!)and others I'm still discovering. Plus XM has the portable units which I use. I can't wait for the new ones with MP3s. I'll never use my CD player again!
I'll be honest though, I'm a big supporter of satellite radio in general. Can't stand terrestrial radio anymore. Same crap over and over again. Maybe satellite radio will give terrestrial something to think about.
They say "Why pay for radio?". I remember a time when people said "Why pay for TV?". Wasn't MTV 0on TV you had to pay for?

[Beeman99]

MRN/PRN usually have coverage of qualifying, and the other racing series, that some markets do not carry when they broadcast the races. Where I live is a good example of that. They only carry the Cup races, but not the Busch or Truck series.

As for watching the races on tv, most folks do. However, the tv package that Nascar sold the networks (and the new one is going to be a lot worse) have resulted in a landslide of commercials. I watch the race on tv, mute it during commercials, and listen to the radio coverage.

I'm in the same boat, I like to listen to the race during commercials, and a lot of the time they don't show the Busch races up here, so the only way I can listen is on 144.

[billyjoeking]

I think you guys are missing the point. What's the point of having XM or Sirius when you can download the boys on Audible.com! Hello people! IPODs rock and you can suck it if you disagree!!

[Amazingkaddycap]

Heard Sirius on Dish network, Found myself changing the channel alot just like free Radio. At one time I cared about getting Sirius and listening to Stern, But I got Xm Because of O&A first, and now I dont care about Stern or Sirius. I have 4 hours of my life to give and I choose O&A over Stern. The Cunt should have went to XM but Money and ego won out.

[ChokemyChicken]

My girl hates hoo-hoo and loves the boys...when they do the mean stuff she just says "wow that's really fucked up" and laughs...so glad I married her ahhh...

[bryanswafford]

I really liked mine, until it ate my Saturday Night Fever eight track tape, the needle kept breaking on the record player, and I had to replace the vacume tubes every so often. It played the betamax tapes really well though. It was a bitch to return to the S Mart though, took about ten of my friends to move the thing.

[timmykidd2104]

My wife got me a MyFi for my birthday last October and so I gave her my roady2 to put in her car. Can't believe how quick she got hooked on O&A. Every night now she gets home and wants to talk about the show that day. For the last 2 days the antenna hasn't been working for the roady so we're buying another MyFi today.
(I realize that the Inno and the Helix are coming out in 2 weeks, but can't swing $400 for them. I'll get one in a year when the price comes down.)

[tourettesguy]

i bought sirius cause xm's rock stations are just terrible. they try too hard to be obscure and im switching stations ALL the time. sirius has EXCELLENT rock programming, but stern sucks ass. i listened once for about 15 minutes. he blows.

if o and a werent on xm, i wouldnt have it. period. seriously. period. .

p.s.- Period.

[TreeFortRichard]

A guy i work with bought sirius specifically for hoo hoo and his unit is always losing the signal...he lives in a wide open area in Ma. very funny :)

[brihall215]

Fuck Sirius and fuck Stern.

[Exodus666]

I only have XM and that's all I need. I don't have enough time during the day to listen to Hoo Hoo in addition to O&A, nor would I want to.
Plus Sirius' equipment is shit compared with XM.

[liljimmylvr]

I have both XM and Sirius (only pay for XM though) and think XM has a much clearer signal and the programming is far superior. LOVE SQUIZZ 48!

[nemohgod]

Nuff said
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4047/sterncrap5eo.gif

[nemohgod]

Shit, too quick on posting that I did not see that XM was there as well, just ignore, I am stupid:icon_frow

[countzero]

More Howie Math

http://www.thestreet.com/pf/tech/scottmoritz/10246148.html

[righty]

I DON'T. Yuck!

[GLENN_THE_TOOL]

nope, none of my money goes to ol' Poodle Hair and Chester Inc. i've never bought anything Stern-related, i've never even so much as rented Private Parts! that Jewbag and his constituents won't see a dime from me EVER.

[Ballbuster1]

http://shop.xmradio.com/Images/10294/products/detail/XM2GOTAO_TAO_200.jpghttp://shop.xmradio.com/Images/10294/products/detail/XMPROAIR_AirWare_200.jpghttp://shop.xmradio.com/Images/10294/products/detail/XM2GOTAO_xm2go-78_200.jpg
Sirius has much better recievers.............:icon_roll

[facetus]

I have both sirius and XM, i got xm as soon as the boys signed and sirius from a relitive who didnt know i had xm. overall i like the music sirius has better, i cant find a station on xm the compares to left of center on sirius, but i will sy that letly its getting better and i find that when my xm beeps for the tuemselect that ill stay on the channel i bit.

If i had to choose one it would be XM all the way, i listen to howys show in the morning because i get to hear the whole o and a show in the afternoon. But he really does suck, even worse then territrial radio, at least over there he had a excuse

[hulkster29]

http://shop.xmradio.com/Images/10294/products/detail/XM2GOTAO_TAO_200.jpghttp://shop.xmradio.com/Images/10294/products/detail/XMPROAIR_AirWare_200.jpghttp://shop.xmradio.com/Images/10294/products/detail/XM2GOTAO_xm2go-78_200.jpg
Sirius has much better recievers.............:icon_roll


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wow - look how compact their portable units are.. my home phone is smaller than this... looks like something out of Star Trek

[silentbob8201]

just a question. why would you want nascar on radio? they only race once/week, right? why not just watch it on tv?
well they didnt have it for Daytona but usually you can listen to incar audio on one of the Nascar channels soooooooo there is that

[dgcooper]

I got XM soon as the b b b boys came on, A week later my Dad showed up with a Sirius boom box, I'm on his family plan. It's the garage radio. I have to hide my XM unit so I dont hurt his feelings.

[retard_shown]

I like Sirius' music better than XM's. I mainly listen to Rock stations and XM plays some weird shit a lot of the time.

[monkynipples]

sirius is about as gay as nascar

[XMScott]

I wouldnt mind if anyone wanted to lend me their Sirius online account.

But no i dont subscribe, never will.
I do want to hear the rock offering

[Dickieboy]

I have XM in my car and Sirius on my Dish Network ...I love O & A and hate Stern with a passion but I have to agree that Sirius music stations might have the edge .

The Old School Rap station is something I wish XM has , XM has channel 65 but it doesnt even come close to Sirius's version .

But I wouldnt drop XM unless O & A were gone .

[zappafred]

My wife has Sirius and XM in her car and I have XM in mine. I also have a MyFi. They are both good but I better reception in my car than she does with Sirius. I can get the XM signal in the garage and she loses Sirius when parked under our oak trees.

I have made a point to listen to Howard but I like O&A better. Howard's show seems tired plus half the time I put it on I get Howard news. I will not listen to Bubba. I hated him when he was local here in Tampa Bay.

[retard_shown]

I've never had a reception problem with either one and I live in the middle of Bumfuck, Nowhere.

[UCFGavin]

Its weird that so many people say Sirius's programming is a bit better, but then knowing that there are twice as many people complaining about programming on siriusbackstage than there is on XMFan and there are twice as many people on XMFan.

[YourAmishDaddy]

I have both, promotional for one, pay the other, won't say which, it's the United States, listen to what you want, who cares, drink beer, smoke weed, do crystal meth and **** poodles.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Poodles should never be *****, now those puggles they're just so fuckable. :icon_mrgr

[hillarythegreat]

Do I need a mac truck to be able to carry a receiver around? I would be afraid my tires would go flat if I installed Sirius in my car.

[retard_shown]

Do I need a mac truck to be able to carry a receiver around? I would be afraid my tires would go flat if I installed Sirius in my car.I'm not sure about all of Sirius' other products, but the one I have fits in my shirt pocket and is very light.

[LiddyRules]

I'm not sure about all of Sirius' other products, but the one I have fits in my shirt pocket and is very light. Well if your name is any indication you have retard strength and probably very big pockets. Otherwise, you're a giant. Those units are fucking huge.

[ImSalty]

I don't really understand how people can say that one service has better music than the other. Musical tastes are so personal, so I don't know how someone could base which service they want to subscribe to on other people's advice.

For what it's worth, I took an hour drive out to the end of Long Island this past weekend, and my Tune Select literally beeped about 8 times in an hour playing Blue October, Ben Folds Five, Buckcherry, and of course more popular bands like Alice in Chains and Audioslave.

People complain XM's playlist is too broad, but that is one of the selling points of satillite radio. Your musical tastes should expand because of the depth of the playlist. If you want to listen to the same hits over and over again, the "fm" button is still right there on the dashboard.

Sirius definetly has reception issues. I installed a Siruis unit in a friends car, and we couldn't even test that it worked because we were parked in a garage, the same garage where I've gotten spotless service under for 2 years.

That's my 2 cents . . . .

[UCFGavin]

I don't really understand how people can say that one service has better music than the other. Musical tastes are so personal, so I don't know how someone could base which service they want to subscribe to on other people's advice.

For what it's worth, I took an hour drive out to the end of Long Island this past weekend, and my Tune Select literally beeped about 8 times in an hour playing Blue October, Ben Folds Five, Buckcherry, and of course more popular bands like Alice in Chains and Audioslave.

People complain XM's playlist is too broad, but that is one of the selling points of satillite radio. Your musical tastes should expand because of the depth of the playlist. If you want to listen to the same hits over and over again, the "fm" button is still right there on the dashboard.

Sirius definetly has reception issues. I installed a Siruis unit in a friends car, and we couldn't even test that it worked because we were parked in a garage, the same garage where I've gotten spotless service under for 2 years.

That's my 2 cents . . . .

:werd: I listened to Ethel for over 4 hours without one song repeating. Top Tracks is a ridiculously good station with a very large playlist (Big Tracks is just going to improve on that). With the new introduction of Chill, the techno selection is just going to get better. The country stations (which I listen to about 60% of the time) have a better selection than Sirius (my dad has it so I've listened to it quite a bit). The only thing I don't really listen to is R&B and Rap but I've heard XM's playlists are deeper in both of those categories.

Seems like if XM can get liquid metal back they will have every area covered :dunno: but like you said, its all subjective when it comes to content. Thats why when I'm arguing with someone I don't use content as an argument.

edit: fuck, you guys need some more smilies haha

[retard_shown]

Well if your name is any indication you have retard strength and probably very big pockets. Otherwise, you're a giant. Those units are fucking huge.

Actually the Starmate Replay is 5" x 0.75" x 1.9" and weighs 4 oz. :rolleyes:

[LiddyRules]

Actually the Starmate Replay is 5' x 0.75' x 1.9' and weighs 4 lbs. :rolleyes: That's pretty fucking huge, I don't want to be lugging around something like that.

[jules]

Actually the Starmate Replay is 5" x 0.75" x 1.9" and weighs 4 oz. :rolleyes:
is it? is it really?

[YourAmishDaddy]

I don't really understand how people can say that one service has better music than the other.

Easily. Until XM brings back Liquid Metal.......

And a lot of people here know that.

Virtually I'm greedy. I have every cable channel imaginable. When I buy music I buy every album a band or singer made, I like trucks, but I also like motorcycles, so I have each, In my office here I have three TV screens because I don't want to not be able to watch TV while I play video games, plus I can put the computer up and fuck around on it too.

I want it all, so naturally when Satellite came out I wanted both services. You only live once.

[Pappagiorgio]

I don't really understand how people can say that one service has better music than the other. Musical tastes are so personal, so I don't know how someone could base which service they want to subscribe to on other people's advice.



Exactly.

Of course, taste in comedy is personal, also. Our taste is impeccable...the others...well, you know. :clap:

[BabyHat3R]

I was at my friends house a few weeks ago and his step-dad has xm and sirius each with the boomboxes and I have to say that the Sirius one sounded like complete shit. I don't know if this is the case with all models of Sirius radios because I've had limeted experience with them but if it is...god damn...