Satellite radio?

[dcallas]

I have XM and my iPod in my 986. Here's a description of my setup:

iPod / XM / Changer Solution in my 986

[Perfectlap]

bump........

[ChrisZang]

XM Radio (Audiovox) & iPod in my Boxster = daily driver
for me both is a must:
* XM to get BBC worldwide news & Air America
* iPod when I want to listen to "my music" and to audiobooks
self-made adapter to connect iPod & XM Radio to AUX port of CDR-220
works great, BUT still fighting the "alternator whistle" (and already spend many hours and $$$ trying to get rid of id).
The good news is: my GHL is so loud that I don't hear anything anyways

[Marc Gelefsky]

XM in the Boxster S, Wish it was more integrated.
My 911 has an Alpine with built in XM
Be interesting to see how the Sirius/XM merge progresses
(I admit it! I listen to Opie and Anthony)

[bringer666]

It must be the fact that I'm getting old but I don't get the big deal about Satellite Radio. Regular radio is fine and gives me what I need 90% of the time for NO EXTRA COST. The other 10% of the time, I will plug in my mp3 player (again why IPOD for extra cash when I can get another brand much cheaper).

I know you'll tell me that the sound is much better or you can pick and choose what you are listening to and there are either no commercials or less commercials but none of that would sway me to spend my hard earned cash on something that I currently get for free.

Anyways, I spend most of the time just listening to that beautiful flat-6 music behind my head.

[NickCats]

I use my Ipod in the Boxster and the Benz, and I have Sirius on the bike and in the house ( plus I listen to it all day at work ). I haven't listened to traditional radio in over a year. I use the satellite radio to hear new music, then download the stuff I like to my Ipod

Nick

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by bringer666

It must be the fact that I'm getting old but I don't get the big deal about Satellite Radio. Regular radio is fine and gives me what I need 90% of the time for NO EXTRA COST. The other 10% of the time, I will plug in my mp3 player (again why IPOD for extra cash when I can get another brand much cheaper).

I know you'll tell me that the sound is much better or you can pick and choose what you are listening to and there are either no commercials or less commercials but none of that would sway me to spend my hard earned cash on something that I currently get for free.

Anyways, I spend most of the time just listening to that beautiful flat-6 music behind my head.

I was right there with you, why in the world would I ever pay for the same songs that are being heard for free? So I didn't consider it for a second and predicted the whole thing would go bust.
Then I got really into this one style of music that is simply not on the radio.
Why?
Because with the big radio station chains buying up all the local stations and playing THE EXACT SAME MUSIC ON ALL OF THE STATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.. there is little room on free radio for anything other than the same 24 songs played all day, over and over and over and over and over...
It really has gotten out of hand. I used to travel out west or in Florida and I would hear music that was unique to those areas. That's all out the window now.
Satellite radio is the antidote to the curse of payola.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola
The other day I left my Sirius tuner at work and got in the car and listened to the FM radio. I drove for 15 minutes and heard musice for about 3 mintues. Every station I turned to was playing a commerical. It's kind of like Tivo, the consumers are spending the money to avoid commericals and have more choices in programming.

[bringer666]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Because with the big radio station chains buying up all the local stations and playing THE EXACT SAME MUSIC ON ALL OF THE STATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.. there is little room on free radio for anything other than the same 24 songs played all day, over and over and over and over and over...
It really has gotten out of hand. I used to travel out west or in Florida and I would hear music that was unique to those areas. That's all out the window now.
...
It's kind of like Tivo, the consumers are spending the money to avoid commericals and have more choices in programming.

I usually listen to the same station on the radio and yes, if I listen for too long I do hear the same songs again but I guess I'm just not driving for any length of time anymore so I don't really care. If I'm going to drive in the car for anything over an hour, I plug in my mp3 player to listen to the songs that I like.

If I traveled for a living and was in the car a lot I might give it a try but at this point I just don't have any desire to spend money on it. With what I've heard about XM and Sirius being in the red, I'm guessing there are a lot of people who feel the same way.