The idea of America’s biggest two satellite-radio joining forces has been up in the air for almost four years.主张美国最大的两个卫星广播电台联手,已在空中将近四年. Although XM had a year’s start, Sirius came back on the market, eventually with both companies sharing the market in half.虽然xm了一年的开端,天狼星回来后在市场上最终与这两家公司分享市场的一半. So, what’s to choose?所以,有什么选择? XM or Sirius?xm或天狼星?
First thing’s first.第一件事的第一次. XM and Sirius has somewhat relatioship with each other the only diffrence is that their streams, music they often play and services. XM and Sirius are based on the same principle, each of them providing music, news, sports, etc. on their channels, but, every service has its ups and downs so we will try to discuss it in this present article.xm天狼有所relatioship彼此唯一的差异就在于它们的溪流,音乐往往发挥和服务.xm天狼都是基于同样的原理,每个人提供音乐,新闻,体育等领域的渠道,但每个服务有起伏,我们会尝试讨论它在本文章. A careful analysis shows that XM Satellite Radio provides a total of 136 streams, where two are premium channels (Playboy and High Voltage), twenty-one are traffic and weather based channels and nine are sport-dedicated ones.仔细分析表明,xm卫星广播提供了总共136条溪流,如果两个都是溢价频道(花花公子高电压)21交通和天气的渠道,九是体育专用的. On the other hand, Sirius offers a total of 119 streams, the premium streams not being available.在另一方面,天狼星提供了总共119条溪流,保费溪流都找不到. Let’s take a closer look now on two – music and news - of the categories that the two major satellites are battling.让我们看一看现在两个音乐和新闻的类别,这两大卫星大地.

Music streams comparison音乐的溪流比较

The number of music streams that both services offer is pretty much the same: 65 on Sirius and 68 on XM Satellite Radio but the difference is not in the number, but in the music genres that the radios offer.数字音乐的溪流中,无论提供的服务内容却大同小异:65天狼星68月xm卫星广播,但不同的是不能在数目,但在音乐创作的收音机提供.

Music – Decades音乐-十年

XM is the absolute champion in providing the music by decades because you can listen to the 40’s music, service not available on Sirius.xm是绝对的冠军,在提供音乐几十年的,因为你可以听听40年代音乐服务不能提供天狼星. Still, you can listen to the 90’s hits together with the current hits on Sirius Satellite Radio, which is an interesting feature.但是,你可以欣赏到90的命中,加上当前点击天狼星卫星电台这是一个有趣的特征.

Music – Country音乐-国

“Ride’ em cowboy!”."坐'em牛仔"!. Even if you’re not a cowboy, you can listen to country-related songs on both Satellites.即使你不是一个西部牛仔,你可以听听国家有关的歌曲,这两颗卫星. Classic country or country hits are to be heard as well as alternative country or country mixes, the last two features being available only on Sirius Satellite Radio.经典国或点击都可以听到,以及其他国家或国家组合,最后两个特征是仅限于在Sirius卫星电台. Regarding the number of streams that both Satellites offer, XM offers a total of five streams and Sirius offers four, the champion in this category being XM due to the quality and the quantity of music being played.对于一些河流,无论是卫星提供的,xm共提供五溪流和天狼星提供四种,冠军,这一类被xm由于质量和数量的音乐玩.

Music – Rock音乐摇滚

If you are looking for sex, drogs, and rock and roll, Sirius and XM Satellite Radios can only offer you rock and roll, on a number of 14 streams on XM and 15 streams on Sirius.如果你是看色情drogs,摇滚,天狼星和XM卫星收音机,只能给你的摇滚,对若干溪流14月xm,15月溪流天狼星. The rock subgenres are to be found in a large number on the stations, overall each service being very strong in this category.岩石民谣中也可找到大量的车站,整体的每一个服务是很强烈这一类.

Music -  Dance and Latin音乐舞和拉丁

If you want to boogie, you can do that on both Satellites, listening to one of the six streams provided by Sirius or four streams provided by XM.如果你想boogie,你都可以在这两个卫星听出来的6条溪流提供天狼星或四流提供xm. Be careful though, because you can become a clubber maniac!要小心一点,因为你能成为一个clubber狂! And if you’re strong enough, the Latin pop stream, Mexicana and tropical music streams can really drive you crazy.如果你够坚强,拉丁流行流,墨西哥及热带音乐的溪流中能真正驱动你疯了. XM Satellite Radio as well as Sirius Satellite Radio offer three streams.xm卫星广播电台以及在Sirius卫星无线电提供三种溪流.

Music – Other genres音乐-其他音乐

Regarding other genres, both satellites really look up to their prestige, offering hours of hours of music, from Classical to Jazz, even Urban (Sirius feature).至于其他文体,这两颗卫星真的眼望自己的威望,提供三小时的音乐,从古典到爵士,甚至城市(天狼星特征). Both stations offer high quality tunes, making it worth all the money.两个电视台提供高质量的曲调,使它值得所有的钱.

News Streams Comparison新闻溪流比较

Let’s skip to another interesting topic, news.让我们跳过另一个有趣的话题,新闻. CNN, FOX, CNBC, Bloomberg, MSNBC and many more news stations are being offered for listening in different languages.  The number of streams is again near-by, XM offering a number of 11 news streams, not like Sirius, which offers 13.美国有线新闻网,福克斯,cnbc,彭博MSNBC和更多的新闻台正在提供听不同的语言.多少溪流是再度近了,xm提供一系列11新闻溪流,不喜欢天狼星,其中有13.

Bottom line底线

It’s pretty hard to say which station is better, XM and Sirius being tied musically but in news and sports, Sirius holding the edge.它的漂亮就很难说了,站好,xm天狼缚住musically但在新闻和体育,天狼星控股的边缘. To make a little joke, if you are a fan of Stern go with Sirius, if  you like Q&A go XM.把一个笑话,如果你是一个迷斯特恩跟着天狼星,如果你喜欢问与答goxm. Anyway, it’s hard to say which one is better, but, what can I say is that both Satellites are worth paying for.无论如何,这很难说哪一个比较好,但是,我所能说的是,这两颗卫星都值得付出.