So I have recently took the plunge into satellite radio. What tempted me was my love for gadgets and impulse buying (not the two best things to have when working in a retail store :P ). So I ended up picking up an XM onyx because of the price and color display. I got home and installed the antenna and then attempted to mount the Onyx on my dashboard. Now they give you a “vent mount” and a stick on “dash mount”. Neither worked well on my dash. My vents are round and my dash is curved. So anyways I finally find a way to mount it and get it all hooked up. The sound quality is crystal clear and all the frequencies are there. I am hooked instantly. The content they offer and the quality of the audio is great!

I later am reading online and come to find that Sirius makes a add-on for my JVC KD-S100 head-unit. So I pickup one off eBay for about $45. The first one I get was DOA but the supplier had one out to me the next day. So I get it all installed and call XM. Lo and behold that even though that the Sirius AND XM logos are on the boxes for the tuner AND the programming is practically the same the satellites and companies are separate. So no biggie. I close my XM account and call Sirius and set theirs up. The XM account support was terrible. I was very nice to them and up front just telling them that I was going from a dash unit to a add-on. They were VERY pushy to try and keep my account open. I called Sirius and they had me up and running in less than 5 minutes. They were very polite and not pushy about what plan I was getting. I knew what I wanted and they offered one and when I declined they didn’t keep asking.

I’ve had the Sirius installed for a month now and I am quite happy with it. The sound quality is great and the programming is still entertaining. I have thought of replacing the satellite signal with the Sirius XM streaming app on my iPhone but I was using it for a week in my van while my Vibe was in the garage drying the tints. During that week the streaming music quality would start off ok and then drop off to nothing at random. After using it for a week I decided to stick with the dedicated satellite signal.

So basically if you like high quality music and commercial free radio and have $10 a month to spare then check out Sirius radio!