XM Radio... What do you think of it?

[Power Wagon]

I keep hearing the ads on the radio... If anyone has it, what do you think of it?

 

[jwgary]

I have played with it before and it is pretty cool. I am about to get a new stereo (my old one got stolen from the church parking lot on Sunday) that has XM capabilities. I don't know if I like paying to llisten to the radio, but there isn't a bluegrass station anywhere around here except for on the internet. I might see if it's worth it later.

 

[KGMau]

Just bought one and did a road trip...

Took a weeks vacation (last week) and drove from San Jose, CA to Whistler B. C. , so I bought an XM radio (the Sony -- so I can use it at home, too).



Reception/sound quality were good (I'm using the cassette adapter), and I didn't have many interruptions (tunnels, some bridges, and in steep mountain ravine roads). I was surprised that there weren't any more interruptions from the mountains while in Whistler. The interruptions were more common near mountains the further north I went...



The Sony XM radio's interface is sorta cluncky, but I got used to it - could use more than 5 pre-sets for the 100 channels). And, it takes a second or two for a station to begin playing once a channel has been selected.....



Still finding interesting stations, tho... My favorite station so far would have to be the first (of the three) comedy station.