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Trying Sirius online this month

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I have subscribed the sirius online for one month (started in early Aug). The good thing is the Premium streams sound excellent (except for the occasional click sound, I dunno what that is).
The programming OTOH seems to have room for improvement. I was hoping for a wide variety Adult Contemporary station. Starlite was a big dissapointment. Unusually upbeat and tight playlist. Stuff like La Bouche "Be My Lover", Shakira "Hips Don't Lie", Macerena, Jennifer Lopez and some rap remix of the new Chubby Checker song. 1 in 4 songs actually fits an AC format. Can't stand more than 10 minutes of it.
Now Sirius Love and Movin EZ are more listenable. Both sound extremely similar. Sirius Love though hardly plays any Currents. It should to differentiate itself from Movin EZ. XM seems to have Sirius beat in this area, The Blend is softer and has a wider playlist, as well as The Heart (I listen to them on AOL Radio).
I do like The Bridge though. Here's where you'll hear more obscure MOR songs, like Van Morrison, Rickie Lee Jones,etc. But it would be nice to have some newer songs in the playlist that fit the format, such as stuff by John Mayer, Nicol Sponberg,etc.
The dance selections were an even bigger dissapointment. The Beat is very similar to KTU, lots of pop, very little new dance music and an extremely tight playlist. XM's BPM is much better, again, heard on AOL radio.
I am trying other channels but I doubt I'd keep Sirius beyond this month. Trying it online is the best thing to do before you get a radio, like I did.
 
If you like classic rock, Sirius is great- 5 channels of it. Beats XM on this format, and terrestrial, by far. R&B oldies/classics is in XM's corner, Soul Street and The Groove easily beat Sirius Heart & Soul & Soul Town.
 
I also love listening to The Bridge they play alot of obscure soft rock on there. Plus The Big 80s Martha Quinn show. May be enough to make me stick with Sirius after all.
I went in looking for dance and AC, but actually their other unique stations are getting my attention. Plus they got Sweedish Egil on 1st Wave, I remember him from Groove Radio.
Sirius is still way better than the Music Choice I get with digital cable. MC used to be good but the petitition on there is so bad. If MC cost extra I'd never get it, that's for sure.
Ever since I got sirius I never listen to Music Choice anymore.
 
Yes, The Bridge is one of my fav Sirius channels, nothing like it on XM ( another reason I have both, they compliment each other).
 
Sirius is terrible. Their dance, pop and decades channels stink. I think XM does much better with that format. Although I do like classic rock I think Sirius goes overboard with too many stations. What ifs me is that I use to like Sirius dance and pop until they removed stations to add more rock which was not needed. Now all they have is a boring playlist. Stale channels and I can't stand the one artist channels. Who wants to listen to a station that just plays one artist. Talk about boring.
 
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