[speediva]

It depends on what music you are into... I like the alternative rock/Top 40/That kind of stuff, and I have XM and can listen to any of 6 channels (narrowed down from the dozen they offer) if I want that kind of thing. Now, when I want to listen to modern rock, the channels are pretty lousy on XM. I find that Sirius has better rock stations.

Anyhoo, I've had XM since Christmas, and get pretty good signal in most places, but if there are a LOT of overhanging trees and that sort of thing is when it starts to fizzle a little. My antenna is on top of my dash, though, so that is probably part of it.

Edit by Tangie: I forgot to mention that Pittsburgh has the WORST radio I've EVER heard. There aren't ANY consistently good stations, so I would spend minutes searching for ANYTHING that didn't suck. My particular XM unit lets me search the categories I like and see what is playing before I select it. I can also set up notifications for songs I really like, so if it comes on a channel I'm not listening to I can switch over when the song comes on. Pretty cool, IMHO.