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12/31/2007 2:04:46 PM

Real Jazz 70 FTW

I've got that hooked up to a wave radio in my office. it's pretty much awesome and makes me so productive

12/31/2007 2:05:29 PM

i actually like sirius. XM has acc, yeah, but i live in acc country so i never have a problem finding the games.


sirius has nfl which i use often. i'm still getting used to the music channels though

12/31/2007 2:06:22 PM

ok i put quincy as channel 70 now...got 10 still open...i put top 20 on 20 as number 9

[Edited on December 31, 2007 at 2:06 PM. Reason : ^thought they were merging anyways]

12/31/2007 2:06:35 PM

I hope the merger does go through. I really would love to have XM integrated into my car. My car came installed with Sirius, and it's all builtin to the navigation system, etc, so I had to get an external XM device installed.

12/31/2007 2:17:05 PM

I just listen to the comedy channels.

12/31/2007 2:28:55 PM

i turned to one the first day i had it and damn if they didnt have gallagher on there...i was like woah...it was current too...figured he retired

12/31/2007 2:32:15 PM

has anyone tried out one of the portable XM receivers? I'm tempted to get a Pioneer portable unit, but I'm afraid that the battery life will be horrible.

12/31/2007 2:48:06 PM

I've got the Pioneer Inno2 which is what I have hooked up in my office. As a portable unit, I wasn't too terribly impressed with its reception, especially when I was out running. The antenna is pretty small (that little nub sticking out of it). There are some companies that make a pair of ear buds that also act as a longer antenna, but I haven't tried them.

If I do end up running with it, I will just play what it recorded in it's 50 hour buffer.

The battery life is fine in both modes (live satellite play, and recorded playback)

12/31/2007 2:50:41 PM

that's interesting about the antenna being weak. I was wondering about that as well, seeing as how the portable car satellite antenna that comes with the roady models sucks when you get around tall trees and have the antenna inside the car.

12/31/2007 3:49:52 PM

B ... P ... M

12/31/2007 3:57:49 PM

how much per month are the subscriptions to sirius and xm?

12/31/2007 4:17:08 PM

mine is $6.99 for XM

12/31/2007 4:18:37 PM

I like the XM.

12/31/2007 4:21:27 PM

6.99 seems pretty cheap, i thought it would be more....

sirius seems cool though, i like that crazy howard stern

12/31/2007 4:24:41 PM

well, I've had it for over 5 years (I am subscriber #232 or something like that) and I locked in a cheap rate early

12/31/2007 4:29:58 PM

dag yo

12/31/2007 4:30:33 PM

I think its like $13 now

12/31/2007 4:30:55 PM

They're the same price, and they're basically the same thing, from what I've heard (I have XM).

Soon, they will be the same thing. [/merger]

12/31/2007 4:32:42 PM

Price (XM & Sirius):

12.95/month for the first unit.
6.99/month for family account lines after the first (I'm on my folks, so thats how I get it on the cheap)

Channels:

My favorites/presets are:
202- Opie & Anthony/Ron & Fez
48- Squizz
42- Liquid Metal
47- Ethel
41- Boneyard
54- Lucy
30- XM Hitlist
26- Flight 26
20- 20 on 20
45- Starbucks

Portable Units:

I have a Nexus portable, that basically is an mp3 player when portable and live in the car or on the cradle at home. I really enjoy listening to it, and have close to a gig of music time-shifted on the unit. I am never lacking for music to listen to. I use it to run and mow the grass and have had nice battery life on it. Just don't leave it out in the car. I did, it got hot, and the battery is now screwed, much like cellphone batteries do.

12/31/2007 4:44:06 PM

Quote :

"well, I've had it for over 5 years (I am subscriber #232 or something like that) and I locked in a cheap rate early"

same. I buy 3 years at a time, and keep it locked in at the low rate it was when I first got it. The last time I renewed, they told me that this would be the last time I could get that discount.

12/31/2007 4:45:54 PM

I was thinking between the instability of anything dealing with a merger, and never having subscribed before, I just went with the monthly rates which are $13 or so. Gotta say it's not as good as I thought it would be, but it's ridiculously better than standard radio. Need to buy in one of the long term rates and get a better deal. My favourites:

30 Hitlist
45 Starbucks
66 Raw Hip Hop
68 The Heat
81 BPM - Nice for those long road trips
84 XM Chill - " "
94 Caliente

12/31/2007 4:58:16 PM

I pretty much listen to:

all the sports talk channels
BPM - 81
The Move - 80
The System - 82
Fungus - 53
Talk Radio for AM Coast to Coast at night - 165
Old Time Radio - 164 (some really cool shit on here)
and the greatest station... XM Comedy 150

[Edited on December 31, 2007 at 5:10 PM. Reason : d]

12/31/2007 5:10:11 PM

can watch fox news and listen to what would be on cnn at the same time

HEAVEN!!

1/3/2008 10:45:10 PM

i'm trying to broaden my horizons...out of all my stations i took all of them except 46, 30(top 40 type station), 49, 67, 82(only trance station on xm)(only one that doesnt have words with most the trance at least), 20(top 20 type station)


what are some stations that white people that like groups such as wilco would listen to?

3/2/2008 10:04:28 PM

Quote :

"Real Jazz 70 FTW"

my current presets are:

top 20 on 20
flight 26
hitlist
sbux xm cafe
ethel
real jazz
fine tuning
bluegrass nation (lawl, yes, joenumbers, you made me like bluegrass)
xm chill
the system

3/2/2008 10:22:49 PM

numbers would be very helpful

3/2/2008 10:23:48 PM

the virus on 202 can be funny

it's the station that has opie and anthony in the mornings and ron and fez in the afternoons

[Edited on March 2, 2008 at 10:29 PM. Reason : haha typo]

3/2/2008 10:25:56 PM

ron and fex are hilarious sometimes


wtf kind of music is folk? they have some happy time hour with bob dylan coming on soon...i thought bob dylan was a 60's rocker or something

[Edited on March 2, 2008 at 10:27 PM. Reason : on 15]

3/2/2008 10:27:46 PM

Kill yourself.

3/2/2008 10:31:46 PM

awwww did i pick on your favorite genre of music???? plz dont cut your wrists

3/2/2008 10:35:10 PM

dylan has a show "theme time radio" that has been jumping around stations

he basically picks a theme (like modes of transportation, the south, drankin songs, etc...) and has an hour of songs he thinks fits it

3/2/2008 10:52:40 PM

oh ok...doesnt sound all that bad i guess

3/2/2008 10:53:25 PM

he always seemed like he would be an interesting person to sit back and drink a beer with

3/2/2008 10:54:42 PM

i kinda like 43- its college/indie type stuff

3/2/2008 10:59:35 PM

6
14
15
40
46
47
54
70
76
122
150

3/2/2008 11:01:43 PM

2/40/46/49/50/122

[Edited on March 2, 2008 at 11:16 PM. Reason : I might have replaced 49 already. It's gay most of the time.]



[Edited on March 2, 2008 at 11:16 PM. Reason : So is 50, but every once in awhile a good song comes on.]

3/2/2008 11:15:36 PM

46 - Top Tracks
47 - Ethel
54 - Lucy
48 - Squizz
09 - 90's on 9
26 - Flight 26
101 - The Joint

3/2/2008 11:18:17 PM

20 (on 20), 30 (hitlist), 46 (top tracks), 54 (lucy), 202 (virus.. ftw.)

although with lucy is seems like its all on who is picking the songs at any given moment.. if its not random or something? if lucy is bad i'll flip around between 46 and 54

[Edited on March 2, 2008 at 11:21 PM. Reason : ]

3/2/2008 11:20:38 PM

ok i'm making a "master list" of all the potential stations i kinda like...i am getting the impression on first listen that 54 is what i thought ethel(47) was supposed to be

3/2/2008 11:24:54 PM

that's what i kind of thought at first too

3/2/2008 11:26:06 PM

ok here is its....a few of these i'll put an explaination next to if they kinda suck

7- 70's hits
8- 80's hits(only heard 2 songs but i liked them)
9- 90's hits(heard 2 songs and 1 of them kinda sucked)
14- bluegrass*
20- top 20 on 20 or some shit...good if you have company over
22- pop hits- if you want to stay current and have friends over
26- modern hits- nice change of tune from what i would normally listen to
30- hitlist- good for when you have company or want to hear something kinda newer prolly
43- i'm not big on all this new age white people music, but its for like college/indie and i listened to it for like 30 minutes and it was good background music
44- fred- i would probably rarely hear something i like on this but every now and then i would
46- prolly the station i can listen to longest without turning
47- its ok...not as good as i thought it would be
48- squizz- ok i suppose...i think its like modern rock or something
49- almost like 46, just sucks way more...did have zz top on earlier
50- the loft- pretty much like fred in that i'd rarely hear something i really like or makes me turn to it
52- the verge...just new emerging artists which kinda makes me want to listen to it
54- what i thought ethel was supposed to be i think
63- michael jackson station...definitely only good when you are drunk
66- rap
67- rap
68- rap
74- blues...good for drinking and relaxing
77- audio visions- basically relaxing like "fall asleep" type music*
81- kinda like channel 82, but not as good...trance/electronica type shit with words
82- trance
101- reggae*
110- classical*
113- piano*

* have to be in the right mood


so far i'm leaning toward channels 7, 8, 20, 30, 43, 46, 54, 68, 82, 110 i think

3/3/2008 1:13:21 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_go_ot/fcc_xm_sirius;_ylt=AgOoru0IHQm0lFrsi9jsNRus0NUE
for dnl

6/17/2008 10:21:53 AM