# Should I get XM or Sirius? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-xm-or-sirius/299008 "2005-04-12T19:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-xm-or-sirius/299008/41 "2005-04-15T00:23:24Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > All you need is a short length of male-male cable. Excuse me? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-xm-or-sirius/299008/42 "2005-04-15T02:16:51Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > Yeah, the original article didn’t make it clear, but a later article I read (link is evading me ATM) said that June 11, Sirius would be losing their AAR feed. I just got e-mail back from Sirius customer support saying the same thing. Darn. Forget everything I said about Sirius having a better selection of liberal talk. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-xm-or-sirius/299008/43 "2005-04-15T02:44:34Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Yeah, I forgot about that. Most (if not all) AUX inputs are a simple 1/8" stereo plug. If you could hook a cassette adapter to the unit, you could use the AUX. All you need is a short length of male-male cable. You wouldn’t have to hook a cassette adapter to the HU. Every satrad unit I’ve ever seen has a line out jack, so there’s no need to use a cassette adapter. There are even adapters to allow a HU to control a satellite tuner box (XM Direct.) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-xm-or-sirius/299008/44 "2005-04-15T03:23:23Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > You wouldn’t have to hook a cassette adapter to the HU. Every satrad unit I’ve ever seen has a line out jack, so there’s no need to use a cassette adapter. There should have been more of a break there. I meant that IF you can connect a cassette adapter, you can ALSO use a bit of male-male to connect it from the line-out to the AUX in. And I’m not sure you can use a cassette adapter on a Delphi SkyFi car cradle, which is why I qualified it. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-xm-or-sirius/299008/45 "2005-04-15T03:47:24Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > There should have been more of a break there. I meant that IF you can connect a cassette adapter, you can ALSO use a bit of male-male to connect it from the line-out to the AUX in. And I’m not sure you can use a cassette adapter on a Delphi SkyFi car cradle, which is why I qualified it. OK, rereading it now, it makes sense. And yes, the SkyFi car cradle has a line out that takes a cassette adapter, because my adapter is hanging out of my tape player in my truck right now. Incidentally, I’m getting bad distortion when I use the tape adapter, but I get static from the FM. Can’t figure out why it distorts so bad with the tape. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-xm-or-sirius/299008.md?page=2)