XM Radio vs. Sirius for dance music?

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Posted by SpinMars on Nov-11-2005 15:44:

XM Radio vs. Sirius for dance music?

Can someone please help me decide whic satellite radio company I should go with? My gym has XM Radio and they play BPM in the morning which I love to hear while I'm on the tread mill. I know they broadcast some of the essential mixes which is why I'm leaning towards XM but maybe someone can tell me about Sirius and their EDM stations. I'd like to get an opinion before I buy. Thanks guys.

Posted by InterMilan31 on Nov-11-2005 17:02:

I have XM:

The essential mixes are broadcasted on the Move which is just mixes and techy tracks
BPM plays normaly dance songs but on Thursday-Sunday they have guest DJ mixes which are great mostly house though.
The System is all trance and features TA Vic Dinaire and is the one Im always listening too.

Sirius looks alright but them having Louie Devito & Judge Jules shows is a downer. Although they are getting Radio 1 and they have the Essential Selection shows live

Posted by Victor Dinaire on Nov-11-2005 19:51:

Xm all the way

The Move has so many talented DJ's: D:Fuse, Deepsky, Tom Stephan, Max Graham, Pete Tong

BPM is mainstream dance

The System just announced they well have A State Of Trance with Armin now, that joins Oslo Nights, Zoltar's Subterrenean and my Lost Episode Show

Sirius has some nice shows but not nearly as solid as XM's imo

Posted by InterMilan31 on Nov-11-2005 20:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Dinaire Force 1
Xm all the way

The Move has so many talented DJ's: D:Fuse, Deepsky, Tom Stephan, Max Graham, Pete Tong

BPM is mainstream dance

The System just announced they well have A State Of Trance with Armin now, that joins Oslo Nights, Zoltar's Subterrenean and my Lost Episode Show

Sirius has some nice shows but not nearly as solid as XM's imo

ASOT!!! YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEE

Posted by southbound24 on Nov-11-2005 22:45:

i have both

i subsribe to xm primarily for the opie and anthony show, BPM channel (dance hits kind of european style)is good but way to repetative, The System channel is good alot of trance-some progressive, both good trance and shitty trance, The Move channel is primarily drum and bass but they do have vics lost episodes which is great show but lots of shows are repeats and they also have alot of deep house shows (jazz-fusion)house with the likes of Frankie knuckles

i have sirius at home because it comes with Dish Network i love trance and the channel Area 33 is by far the best dance channel in America, they also have a channel that plays laid back,ibiza type house music, real cool for 11pm tuesday nite, theres a dance hit channel that is not i as good as XM but they also offer BBC radio1 on channel 11 which plays the Pete tong essential mixes. they have 2 other dance channels as well

My opinion Sirius has the better selection for the EDM fan and they also have on air Dj,s with personality and knowledge (kind of like KTU dj,s playing good EDM) the only thing that sucks about Sirius is Howard i prefer O&A so ill stick with XM

Posted by Piet on Nov-11-2005 23:13:

sirius gonna have howard
nuff said

Posted by DeRangedMind on Nov-11-2005 23:28:

I like both XM and Sirrus Satellite radio

XM - Has a much solid selection EDM than Sirrus. I haven't hgae much listen to Sirrus because everytime I tune I a never hear anything good but this because I work during the day. Once I start my overnites at work I will be tuned in.

Sirrus - They have more channels of EDM but again only 1 dance channel had decent music. I hear XM could be wiped out not only because "The King of Media" Howard Sternnnnnnnnnnn is comin but I hear Oprah Winfrey might be getting signed and I know that this doesn't mean much but I think it sucks.

You would with XM Radio for dance music.

Posted by limin_li on Nov-12-2005 04:32:

Sirus, Grooveradio International, Darude present Finland, George Acosta Lost World, Gabriel and Dresden show. But, they have BBC Radio 1 live stream from UK. So you can hear Essential/mix/selection, Dance Anthems with Dave Pierce. The Residents with various sets. The only reason why anyone should get XM radio is because of Victor Dinaire's Lost world show. The rest are just so so.....

Posted by InterMilan31 on Nov-12-2005 04:47:

Howard Stern Sucks....Opie & Anthony own him...XM though I have major problems with mostly with BPM being a cheese show when not having their mix DJs like Chris Cox there. Alan Freed must be 90 years old and he is the PD and has a very bad choice of tunes.

Posted by DeRangedMind on Nov-12-2005 05:07:

Opie & Anthony are howard stern clones lol

your a fuckin dumbass

Posted by InterMilan31 on Nov-12-2005 17:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Cobra Commander
Opie & Anthony are howard stern clones lol

your a fuckin dumbass

Not really. They are funnier, raunchier(sp) and better. O&A originally came from the Howard extreme radio type but took it to another level. Once you listen to O&A Howard sounds like some old mans radio show.

Posted by Victor Dinaire on Nov-12-2005 18:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Cobra Commander
Opie & Anthony are howard stern clones lol

your a fuckin dumbass

howard stern is great but O&A are ten times better

Posted by beema on Nov-12-2005 22:49:

O&A are fuckin tools
Howard is lame as shit these days though
basically I wouldn't listen to either

Posted by InterMilan31 on Nov-13-2005 00:16:

Thank you Vic thats why I listen to your show religously

Posted by SebringVandit on Nov-13-2005 04:28:

From what I've heard, XM prob. has the better overall dance music selection, but Sirius has some great stuff with Radio 1 plus a good channel of chill music if you're into that. Asides from the obvious Howard, they also have all the pro sports leagues except for MLB.

Posted by mcb001982 on Nov-13-2005 18:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Piet
sirius gonna have howard
nuff said

howard is a complete and utter moron......it is really to bad that the american public has made him as wealthy as he is for just being and ass

....btw....xm all the way

and this post was not directed at piet personally, i just hate howard and stupid hateful humor

Posted by CosmoKid on Nov-13-2005 19:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Piet
sirius gonna have howard
nuff said

if this was 1991 I would agree.

hoo hoo robyn. i invented satellite radio.

Posted by Dj_Spekuless on Nov-13-2005 19:34:

quote:
Originally posted by CosmoKid
if this was 1991 I would agree.

hoo hoo robyn. i invented satellite radio.

HOO HOO TELL EM FRED

I GOT XM IN MY CAR AND I LISTEN TO VIC

THE ASOT IS COMING SOON
OSLO IS ON THERE PERFECT FOR ME

Posted by InterMilan31 on Nov-14-2005 06:11:

Thank you Sirius can get fcuk itself

Posted by SpinMars on Nov-14-2005 18:53:

Thanks for all the input. Looks like I'm gonna go with XM.

Posted by partyhopper on Nov-18-2005 15:05:

There's a special promotion that XM is doing with The Apprentice (as featured on last night's episode)
Looks like discounts on equipment, with free shipping and activation
http://xmradio.com/tva/

Has anyone listened to baseball games on XM? How are those broadcasts?
I haven't tried it yet, but it seems that as a bonus for baseball fans, you could tune into any MLB game that's playing, no matter where you happen to be (in the US)

Posted by SpinMars on Nov-18-2005 17:16:

Cool. Thanks partyhopper! Now, which one to get?

Posted by partyhopper on Nov-18-2005 20:10:

quote:
Originally posted by SpinMars
Cool. Thanks partyhopper! Now, which one to get?

i'd personally pay the extra money and get the portable MyFi, which could be used pretty much anywhere - home, car, street, etc

Posted by InterMilan31 on Nov-18-2005 20:14:

quote:
Originally posted by partyhopper
There's a special promotion that XM is doing with The Apprentice (as featured on last night's episode)
Looks like discounts on equipment, with free shipping and activation
http://xmradio.com/tva/

Has anyone listened to baseball games on XM? How are those broadcasts?
I haven't tried it yet, but it seems that as a bonus for baseball fans, you could tune into any MLB game that's playing, no matter where you happen to be (in the US)

Dont watch baseball but for college football/baskeball and NHL its great. All broadcasts are from the home team's radio network. Clear and great and they give u a live score on the XM led screen thing...

Posted by bo_rlab on Nov-19-2005 15:27:

quote:
Originally posted by partyhopper
There's a special promotion that XM is doing with The Apprentice (as featured on last night's episode)
Looks like discounts on equipment, with free shipping and activation
http://xmradio.com/tva/

Has anyone listened to baseball games on XM? How are those broadcasts?
I haven't tried it yet, but it seems that as a bonus for baseball fans, you could tune into any MLB game that's playing, no matter where you happen to be (in the US)

Baseball on XM is great, they have all the games and usually broadcast the home team's announcers.

I bought XM primarily to get D:Fuse's People's Mix, on The Move (channel 80) every Thursday and Saturday nights. I connect XM to my Mac via a USB device (Griffin Powerwave) and record the shows using an app called "Final Vinyl". The resulting sound quality is great, almost as good as the studio disks I get from D:Fuse.

Cheers,

Bo