XM or Sirius... Is one better than the other

So my wife wants XM radio. She drives about 2 hours a day each way to and from work. My sister has it and loves it and I like the whole concept but I keep seeing ads for Sirius. Is it really any different from XM. Any pros or cons. And I haven't listened to XM except at my sisters house... is it really that good? I have to say that the quality of Chicago radio is at an all time low. I have switched almost exclusively to talk radio but on the occasion that I hit the FM dial, I am almost always disappointed.

Thanks for any feedback.

Bob

 

Hey, I was going to post the same query this weekend...Awaiting the responses. Info about the equipment options would also be appreciated.

 

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23794&highlight=Sirius

 

I'm also looking into this...there was an informative pullout in the new issue of Rolling Stone(the one with the bonus SACD) on XM radio.

JF

 

I'm getting my GF an XM radio. It's actually here, but I need to install it

I would recommend people to go to www.xmfan.com as many questions have already been asked there.

But AFA content, XM wins hands down. Trust me on that.

 

When an audio magazine last Summer did a story on XM vs. Sirius Radio (Sound & Vision i think)....they thought XM was better.

 

Curious: does anyone know what compression format (mp3?) do these services use, and at what bitrate?